-adj. 2. nouveau riche, newly-rich, risen from the ranks; baseborn, earthborn, common; pretentious, precocious, presumptuous, SI. cocky, obtrusive; bluffing, pretending, feigning; forward, brash, brazen, SI. brassy, SI. cheeky, arrogant, audacious.
-v. 3. start up, spring up; be surprised or startled, be given a start. upswing, n. 1. improvement, upgrade, advancement, betterment, advance; change, change for the better, progress, progression; Inf. pickup, recovery, revival, Inf. up, Inf comeback.
2. upsurge, upturn, step-up; acceleration, escalation, skyrocketing; increase, elevation, raise, boost, rise. uptake, n. understanding, comprehension, apprehension; perspicacity, keenness, acuteness, acuity; insight, perception, intuition, sensitivity; perceptiveness, perspicaciousness; cleverness, shrewdness, ingenuity, ingeniousness. up-to-date, adj. 1. current, present, now-passing, happening, occurring, ongoing, going on, prevalent, prevailing, present-day; recent, newly-come, late, latest; just out, hot off the press, up-to-the-minute, most-recent, fresh, new, SI. now, SI. today.
2. modern, the latest thing, new-fashioned, new-minted, new-coined, fresh from the factory; fashionable, in fashion, in style, stylish, in vogue, in the swim, all the rage, modish, popular; swinging, k la mode, Fr. au courant, right-on, with it, switched on; newest, neoteric, newest of the new; All SI. trendy, in, in thing, the latest, now, hip, hep, mod, in the groove. upturn, v. 1. disorder, disarrange, discompose, derange, upheave; confuse, upset, dishevel, turn topsyturvy; jumble, clutter, muss, mess.
2. lift, lift up, uplift, raise, raise up, upraise; tilt, cast, hold up, uphold, raise high.
-n. 3. upswing, improvement, advancement; upsurge, increase, boost. See upswing (defs. 1, 2.). upward, adv. 1. up, upwards, straight up, skyward, heavenward, starward, to the stars, to the skies, into the wild blue yonder; upstream, upriver, uplong; uphill, to the top, Scot. upwith; upstairs, abovestairs, Dial, up steps; northward, up north; uptown.
2. Often upwards of more, above, beyond, over; over and above, in addition, additionally, besides, further.
-adj. 3. ascending, rising, mounting, upgoing, uprising; uphill, upsloping, acclivitous, climbing, scan-dent; ascendant, aspiring, on the rise, in the ascendant. urban, adj. city, cityish, citified, town, townish, oppidan, burghal; metropolitan, municipal, civic; built-up, urbanized. urbane, adj. polished, suave, debonair, charming, gracious; elegant, courtly, refined, finished, cultivated; polite, civil, courteous, tactful, diplomatic; agreeable, complaisant, affable, amenable; civilized, mannerly, well-mannered, well-trained; decorous, formal, proper, Fr. comme il faut, correct; gentlemanly, gentlemanlike, chivalrous, chivalric, gallant, cavalier; sophisticated, cosmopolitan, worldly; fashionable, stylish, & la mode, modish, high-toned, SI. tony, in vogue, Inf. trendy, up-to-date; high-class, SI. classy, Inf. swank, SI. swell. urbanity, n. 1. polish, finesse, suavity, debonairness, chivalry, gallantry, graciousness, charm; refinement, culture, gentility, gentlemanliness, courtliness; elegance, grace, SI. class, style, smartness; sophistication, cosmopolitanism, worldliness.
2. courtesy, courteousness, politeness, politesse, civility; mannerliness, decorousness, formalness, formality, properness; tact, tactfulness, savoir-faire, diplomacy; agreeability, agreeableness, amenability, amenableness, complaisance; deference, affability, affableness, mildness, softness, gentleness, blandness.