upstanding

About 0.22 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Honest; reputable; respectable.

   An upstanding merchant will exchange a faulty product.

2. adjective Standing up.

   Please be upstanding for His Worship the Mayor.

3. verb present participle and gerund of upstand

Similar words

honorable worthy honourable noble solid honest well truthful full lofty

Often followed by

citizens citizen and young man member men members people

Word family

upstandingness upstandingnesses