upright
upright piano | a piano with a vertical sounding board |
| upright vertical | a vertical structural member as a post or stake, the ball sailed between the uprights |
sympathy
fellow feeling | sharing the feelings of others (especially feelings of sorrow or anguish) |
| Nice | a city in southeastern France on the Mediterranean, the leading resort on the French Riviera |
boyfriend
fellow beau
swain
young man | a man who is the lover of a girl or young woman, if I'd known he was her boyfriend I wouldn't have asked |
chap
fellow
feller
fella
lad gent blighter cuss bloke | a boy or man, that chap is your host, there's a fellow at the door, he's a likable cuss, he's a good bloke |
colleague confrere
fellow | a person who is member of one's class or profession, the surgeon consulted his colleagues, he sent e-mail to his fellow hackers |
colleague
co-worker
fellow worker
workfellow | an associate that one works with |
companion
comrade
fellow familiar associate | a friend who is frequently in the company of another, drinking companions, comrades in arms |
companion fellow traveler
fellow traveller | a traveler who accompanies you |
| fellow dude buster | an informal form of address for a man, Say, fellow, what are you doing?, Hey buster, what's up? |
| fellow | a member of a learned society, he was elected a fellow of the American Physiological Association |
| fellow traveler fellow traveller | a communist sympathizer (but not a member of the Communist Party) |
kook
odd fellow
odd fish
queer bird
queer duck
odd man out d | someone regarded as eccentric or crazy and standing out from a group |
member
fellow member | one of the persons who compose a social group (especially individuals who have joined and participate in a group organization), only members will be admitted, a member of the faculty, she was introduced to all the members of his family |
schoolmate
classmate
schoolfellow
class fellow | an acquaintance that you go to school with |
| teaching fellow | a graduate student with teaching responsibilities |
mate
fellow | one of a pair, he lost the mate to his shoe, one eye was blue but its fellow was brown |
| stand stand up place upright | put into an upright position, Can you stand the bookshelf up? |
turn a nice dime
turn a nice penny
turn a nice dollar | make a satisfactory profit, The company turned a nice dime after a short time |
courteous
gracious
nice | exhibiting courtesy and politeness, a nice gesture |
| decent | conforming to conventions of sexual behavior, speech in this circle, if not always decent, never became lewd- George Santayana |
dainty
nice
overnice
prissy
squeamish | excessively fastidious and easily disgusted, too nice about his food to take to camp cooking, so squeamish he would only touch the toilet handle with his elbow |
comradely
hail-fellow
hail-fellow-well-met | heartily friendly and congenial |
upright
unsloped | in a vertical position, not sloping, an upright post |
erect
vertical upright | upright in position or posture, an erect stature, erect flower stalks, for a dog, an erect tail indicates aggression, a column still vertical amid the ruins, he sat bolt upright |
| semi-upright | of animals that are partly erect |
| decent | observing conventional sexual mores in speech or behavior or dress, a modest neckline in her dress, though one of her shoulder straps had slipped down, she was perfectly decent by current standards |
| decent | decently clothed, are you decent? |
| nice | pleasant or pleasing or agreeable in nature or appearance, what a nice fellow you are and we all thought you so nasty- George Meredith, nice manners, a nice dress, a nice face, a nice day, had a nice time at the party, the corn and tomatoes are nice today |
| nice skillful | done with delicacy and skill, a nice bit of craft, a job requiring nice measurements with a micrometer, a nice shot |
becoming
comely
comme il faut
decent
decorous
seemly | according with custom or propriety, her becoming modesty, comely behavior, it is not comme il faut for a gentleman to be constantly asking for money, a decent burial, seemly behavior |
decent
nice | socially or conventionally correct, refined or virtuous, from a decent family, a nice girl |
good
just
upright | of moral excellence, a genuinely good person, a just cause, an upright and respectable man |
adequate
decent
enough | sufficient for the purpose, an adequate income, the food was adequate, a decent wage, enough food, food enough |
properly
decently decent
in good order
right the right way | in the right manner, please do your job properly!, can't you carry me decent? |