unwavering, a. steadfast, resolute.
unwearied, a. indefatigable.
unweighable, a. imponderable.
unwholesome, a. baneful, insalubrious. See unhealthy.
unwieldy, a. ponderous, cumbersome, clumsy.
unwilling, a. reluctant, indisposed, loath, disinclined, averse.
unwind v. disentangle, unravel.
unwise, a. imprudent, injudicious, inexpedient, indiscreet.
unwittingly, adv. unknowingly, undesignedly, inadvertently.
unworthy, a. unmeritorious, undeserving, despicable, contemptible.
unwritten, a. traditional.
unyielding, a. inflexible, stiff, unbending, incompliant, indomitable, insubmissive, tenacious, unimpressible, impliable, obdurate, intractable, game, resolute.
upbraid, v. reproach, scold, chide, rate, reprove, reprimand, twit.
upbraiding, n. scolding, reproach, reprimand, censure, reprehension.
up grade. ascent, acclivity.
uphill, a. ascending, acclivous, rising.
uphold, v. support, sustain, vindicate, defend.
upkeep, n. maintenance.
upper, n. vamp (of a shoe).
upper-hand, n. advantage, mastery, dominion, control.
upper ten. (Colloq.) aristocracy, elite, bon ton.
uppish, a. (Colloq.) proud, arrogant, assuming.
upright, a. erect, perpendicular, vertical; honorable, honest.
uprightness, n. perpendicularity, verticality, erectness; honesty, integrity.
uproar, n. turmoil, fracas, clamor, tumult, commotion, din, hubbub.
uproarious, a. (Colloq.) clamorous, obstreperous, boisterous, noisy, turbulent.
uproot, v. eradicate, extirpate.
uprooting, n. eradication, extirpation.
upset, v. overturn, overset, capsize, invert, overthrow; disconcert, discompose, perturb, agitate, unnerve, excite.
upshot, n. event, result, issue, outcome, consequence.
upside down. inverted; disordered, topsy-turvy.
upstart, n. parvenu, snob, mushroom.
up to snuff. (Slang) knowing, acute, sharp.
upward, a. ascending, acclivous (sloping upward).
urge, v. egg, importune, exhort; impel, force; incite, instigate, goad.
urgency, n. insistence, pressure; importunity; exigency, stress, necessity; incitement.
urgent, a. pressing, imperative, insistent, exigent, importunate, pertinacious, imperious.
urine, n. piss, emiction; stale (urine of horses and cattle). Associated words: uronology, urinal, urinate, urination, micturition, urethra, uric, uretic, uriniferous, enuresis, anuresis, diabetis, strangury, urolith, lateritious sediment, uroscopy, urinary, urea, diuretic.
usage, n. treatment; custom, practice, use.
use, n. employment, application, service, utilization, exploitation; necessity, need; utility, avail, advantage, usefulness, service; custom, usage, practice. Antonyms: disuse, obsolescence, desuetude, inutility. Associated Words: obsolescent, obsolete, obsoletism, utilitarian, utilitarianism, utilizable, chrestomathic.