upstairs
One flight higher
Upstairs refers to the upper floor or floors of a building: The bedrooms are upstairs.
As an adjective, it describes things located above: the upstairs bathroom.
As a noun, it means the upper level itself: The upstairs needs painting.
Informally, upstairs can mean the brain or mental faculties: not quite right upstairs.
To kick someone upstairs is to promote them to a position with less real power.
At greater height
- overheadLocated directly above
- landingDescent's final moment
- hallwayInterior connecting passage
- corridorEnclosed connecting walkway
bedroom · bathroom · nursery · study · apartment · suite · penthouse · duplex
Room for sleeping
- sanctuaryProtected sacred space
- retreatSanctuary or withdrawal
- solitudeState of being alone
- quietudeState of calm stillness
hideaway · chamber · den · study · nook · haven · sanctum · intimacy
above
At greater height
corridor · bedroom · bathroom · nursery · study · apartment · suite · penthouse · duplex · garret
bedroom
Room for sleeping
quietude · hideaway · chamber · den · study · nook · haven · sanctum · intimacy · seclusion
climb
Ascend using effort
rise · steps · flight · escalator · landing · banister · handrail · treads · risers · balustrade
brain
Seat of cognition
- headUppermost body part
- intellectMental reasoning capacity
- consciousnessState of sentient awareness
thought · cognition · mental · mind · thinking · reasoning · faculties · wits · marbles · noggin
- neighborsnext door, adjacent, adjoining, nearby, across the street
- Upper levelspenthouse, top floor, balcony, mezzanine, loft
- directionsnorth, south, east, west, left
- heightspeak, summit, apex, pinnacle, zenith
- location wordshere, there, where, north, south
- Downton AbbeyMaggie Smith, Carson, Anna, Bates, Thomas
upstairsdownstairs
On a lower floor
down · below · ground floor · basement · cellar
- go upstairsMove to upper level
- Man UpstairsInformal term for deity
- kick upstairsPromote to diminish power
- upstairs and downstairsAbove and below floors
- kicking upstairsPromotion that removes influence
- upstairs downstairsDomestic class hierarchy
upper, update, stairs, upgrade, stair, upward, uphill, downstairs, staircase