Thesaurus:upside down

Thesaurus

upside down

English

Adverb

Sense: inverted, so that the top is now at the bottom

Synonyms

• downside up
• reverse (rare)
• topsy-turvy
• up so down
• upside down
• upsidown (obsolete)
• upsy-down (dialect)

Antonyms

• right-side up
• rightways

Hyponyms

• arse over tip (British, vulgar, idiomatic)
• arse over tit (British, vulgar, idiomatic)
• ass over teakettle (American, vulgar, idiomatic)
• base over apex (idiomatic)
• head over heels (idiomatic)

Hypernyms

• contrarily    [⇒ thesaurus]

Further reading

• “14. contrariety” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “upside down” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.