HIGHER-UP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does higher-up mean? 

• HIGHER-UP (noun)
  The noun HIGHER-UP has 1 sense:

1. one of greater rank or station or quality

  Familiarity information: HIGHER-UP used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HIGHER-UP (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

One of greater rank or station or quality

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

higher-up; superior; superordinate

Hypernyms ("higher-up" is a kind of...):

leader (a person who rules or guides or inspires others)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "higher-up"):

better (a superior person having claim to precedence)

god (a man of such superior qualities that he seems like a deity to other people)

supervisor (one who supervises or has charge and direction of)

 Context examples 

Keeping projects within financial perimeters and on time will be important to clients and higher-ups.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

I feel you have proven your worth to higher-ups.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

January 23 should also be a profitable day when Venus and Jupiter will be in sync, and not only will the money arrive, but so will praise from higher-ups.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

She no longer wanted to have to report to higher-ups—she knew she was capable of running her own show, as she had worked at the firm a long time.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

It’s nice to have a job and be so valued by higher-ups.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

You may not have been aware, but over the past two years, higher-ups have been testing your skills.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

As you enter January, you have five planets twinkling brightly in your tenth house of honors, awards, and achievement, so it appears your performance during the past 12 months has impressed higher-ups, and you will soon be in line for a promotion or job offer from a competitive company.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Saturn has been in this professional area of your chart for two years, so it is clear you’ve been under quite a bit of pressure, but only because higher-ups believe in and depend on you to meet their standards.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)