upmarket
English
Etymology
up- + market
Adjective
upmarket (comparative more upmarket, superlative most upmarket)
- Designed for customers with a high income.
- 2017 February 20, Paul Mason, “Climate scepticism is a far-right badge of honour – even in sweltering Australia”, in the Guardian:
- Temperatures in the western suburbs of Sydney, far from the upmarket beachside glamour, reached 47C (117F) last week, topping the 44C I experienced there the week before. For reference, if it reached 47C in the middle of the Sahara desert, that would be an unusually hot day.
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Adverb
upmarket
- Towards the more expensive end of the market.
Antonyms
- downmarket
Coordinate terms
- downmarket
- midmarket