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Ups

/ʌps/

The direction opposed to the pull of gravity.

📖 Definitions of "Ups"

noun

1
The direction opposed to the pull of gravity.
"Up is a good way to go."
2
A positive thing.
"I hate almost everything about my job. The only up is that it's so close to home."
3
An upstairs room of a two story house.
"She lives in a two-up two-down."

verb

1
To increase or raise.
"If we up the volume, we may be able to hear what he says."
2
To promote.
"It wasn’t long before they upped him to Vice President."
3
(usually in combination with another verb) To act suddenly.
"He just upped and quit."
4
To ascend; to climb up.

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
upbound	Directed or moving up or in a direction conventionally considered up; upstream
upwardly	Towards a higher level, position or status.
ascendingnoun	An ascent.
upwardnoun	(obsolete) The upper part; the top.
upwards	Towards a (higher) position closer to the sky than the ground.
risingnoun	The act of something that rises.
astir	Out of bed; up and about.
ahead	At or towards the front; in the direction one is facing or moving.
awakeverb	Not asleep; conscious.
improving	That tends to improve someone or something (especially (dated) to educate or morally better a person).
prepared	(followed by the preposition to) Disposed, willing, ready (to do something).
finished	Completed; concluded; done.
leadingnoun	An act by which one is led or guided.
skyward	At or toward the sky.
functioningnoun	Manner by which something functions; the workings.
heavenward	Toward heaven.
raised	(cooking) Leavened, especially with yeast.
dormynoun	(slang) A dormitory.
aweigh	Just drawn out of the ground, and hanging perpendicularly; atrip; said of the anchor.
upfieldnoun	A suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.