uptown
uptown Lexical Profile
uptown Game Scores & Validity
• adjective
North American Situated in, moving toward, or relating to the northern, residential, or upper part of a city or town, away from the central commercial district.
"We boarded the uptown train at Grand Central to reach the museum on the Upper East Side."
North American Characteristic of an affluent, fashionable, or upscale urban neighborhood and its residents.
"The boutique caters to an uptown clientele looking for designer evening wear."
• adverb
North American In or toward the northern, residential, or upper part of a city or town.
"After working in the financial district all day, she took a cab uptown to meet her friends for dinner."
• noun
North American The residential, northern, or upper section of a city or town, typically situated away from the main commercial center.
"Tree-lined streets and historic brownstones characterize the city's quiet uptown."
• Rhymes for uptown
Word Origin & Etymology
Coined in American English in the early 19th century from the phrase 'up town', originally referring to the northern, residential upper section of Manhattan Island away from the southern commercial port district.