Thesaurus:upside down

Thesaurus:upside down

THESAURUS

upside down

English

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    [WS]

Further reading

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