abovestairs
On higher levels
Abovestairs means on or to an upper floor of a building, the opposite of downstairs.
The word is old-fashioned and primarily British, now largely replaced by upstairs: The children sleep abovestairs.
Historically it distinguished the living quarters of a household's owners from the servants' domain below.
Main sleeping quarters
- mistressIllicit female lover
- drawing-roomFormal reception room
- parlorFormal room for visitors
- boudoirWoman's private chamber
suite · nursery · dressing room · sitting room · lady's maid · valet · governess · nanny
Landed aristocratic residence
- gentryHighborn but not noble
- nobilityTitled ruling class
- aristocracyRule by hereditary elite
- gentlefolkPersons of high birth
peerage · blueblood · upper-crust · landed · patrician · lord · lady · master
Of a prim era
- EdwardianOf early twentieth-century Britain
- RegencyProxy rule period
- GeorgianOf four kings' era
- manor houseLanded gentry's residence
country estate · great house · backstairs · scullery · class divide · social hierarchy · domestic service · period drama
Restricted to certain parties
- withdrawnEmotionally distant, disengaged
- shelteredKept safe from harm
- exclusiveLimited to one group
- intimateClosely personal or private
reserved · discreet · inaccessible · cloistered · sequestered · retreat · sanctuary · quietude
master bedroom
Main sleeping quarters
- mistressIllicit female lover
- drawing-roomFormal reception room
- parlorFormal room for visitors
boudoir · suite · nursery · dressing room · sitting room · lady's maid · valet · governess · nanny · housekeeper
manor
Landed aristocratic residence
- gentryHighborn but not noble
- nobilityTitled ruling class
- aristocracyRule by hereditary elite
gentlefolk · peerage · blueblood · upper-crust · landed · patrician · lord · lady · master · mistress
Victorian
Of a prim era
manor house · country estate · great house · backstairs · scullery · class divide · social hierarchy · domestic service · period drama · Downton Abbey
private
Restricted to certain parties
intimate · reserved · discreet · inaccessible · cloistered · sequestered · retreat · sanctuary · quietude · undisturbed
abovestairsdownstairs
On a lower floor
belowstairs · ground floor · basement · cellar · below
abovestairsbelowstairs
Servant quarters area
downstairs · servants' quarters · service areas · kitchen · scullery
above, stairs, stair, stairway, stairways, staircase, staircases, stairwell, stairwells