8 Letter Words for Upstream
tempuras, upstream
7 Letter Words for Upstream
apertum, emparts, matures, pasteur, pasture, restamp, stamper, staumer, strumae, stumper, sumpter, tampers, tempura, uprates, upstare, upsteam, uptears
6 Letter Words for Upstream
amuser, armets, atreus, auster, empart, empusa, erupts, estamp, estrum, martes, maseru, master, maters, matsue, mature, mauser, meatus, mprets, muster, mutase, pareus, partes, paster, pauser, pearst, petars, prates, purest, purset, ramets, raptus, reatus, remaps, remast, repast, sauter, septum, sertum, sperma, stramp, stream, struma, stumer, sumper, tamers, tamper, tampur, tamure, tapers, tarpum, taupes, tempra, tempus, tramps, trapes, tremas, trumps, turmes, upmast, uprate, uprest, upstem, uptear, urates
5 Letter Words for Upstream
amper, amuse, apers, apert, aperu, apres, apter, arest, arets, armet, artus, arums, asper, aster, astre, aures, autem, autre, earst, erump, erupt, mares, marse, marts, marut, maser, mater, mates, matsu, mauts, meats, mesua, metas, metra, metus, mpret, mster, muras, mures, musar, muser, muset, muter, mutes, pares, pareu, parse, parte, parts, parus, paste, pates, pause, pears, peart, peats, perau, perms, perst, perts, petar, petas, petum, prams, prase, prate, prats, praus, presa, preta, pruta, puers, pumas, purae, purse, ramet, ramps, ramus, rapes, rates, ratus, reams, reaps, reast, remap, remus, repas, resat, resup, rumes, rumps, rusma, sarum, satem, saute, septa, serau, serta, serum, serut, setup, smart, smear, spaer, spare, sparm, spart, spate, spear, speat, sperm, sprat, spret, sprue, spume, spurt, sputa, spute, stamp, stare, staup, steam, stear, stema, strae, stram, strap, strep, strue, strum, stump, stupa, stupe, sture, sumer, sumpt, super, supra, surat, surma, sutra, tamer, tames, tamps, tamus, taper, tapes, tapus, tares, tarps, tarse, taser, taupe, teams, tears, temps, tepas, terap, teras, terma, terms, trame, tramp, trams, trape, traps, treas, trues, trump, tumps, turma, turme, turms, turps, turse, umest, umset, uparm, upeat, upset, urase, urate, ureas, ursae, uster
4 Letter Words for Upstream
amps, amur, amus, aper, apes, apse, apsu, apts, apus, ares, aret, arms, arte, arts, arum, asem, astr, ates, aute, ears, east, eats, eaus, empt, emus, eras, erat, erst, esau, etas, etua, maes, maps, mare, mars, mart, maru, mase, mast, masu, mate, mats, maut, mear, meas, meat, mesa, mest, meta, mets, meus, mura, mure, musa, muse, must, muta, mute, muts, pams, pare, pars, part, pase, past, pate, pats, patu, paut, pear, peas, peat, perm, pers, pert, peru, pesa, pest, peta, pets, pram, prat, prau, prem, pres, pret, prut, puer, puma, pure, purs, puts, rame, ramp, rams, rape, raps, rapt, rasp, rast, rate, rats, ratu, ream, reap, rems, reps, rept, resp, rest, rets, rsum, rues, rume, rump, rums, rupa, rusa, ruse, rust, ruta, ruts, same, samp, sare, sart, sate, saum, saur, saut, seam, sear, seat, sept, sert, seta, smur, smut, spae, spam, spar, spat, spet, spue, spur, sput, stam, stap, star, stem, step, ster, stra, stre, stue, stum, suer, suet, sump, supa, supe, supr, supt, sura, sure, tame, tamp, tams, tape, taps, tapu, tare, tarp, tars, tasu, taum, taur, taus, team, teap, tear, teas, temp, tems, tepa, tera, term, terp, tram, trap, tres, true, tues, tume, tump, tums, tups, turm, turp, umps, upas, urea, ures, urps, ursa, usar, user, utas, utes
3 Letter Words for Upstream
aer, aes, ame, amp, amt, amu, ape, apr, apt, are, arm, ars, art, aru, ase, asp, ast, ate, atm, atp, aum, eam, ear, eas, eat, eau, emp, ems, emu, epa, era, ers, ert, esm, esp, esr, est, esu, eta, mae, map, mar, mas, mat, mau, mea, mer, mes, met, meu, mrs, mst, mts, mus, mut, pam, par, pas, pat, pau, pea, per, pes, pet, pms, pmt, pre, prs, pst, pta, pte, pts, pua, pur, pus, put, ram, rap, ras, rat, rea, rem, rep, res, rms, rpm, rps, rpt, rte, rue, rum, rut, sam, sap, sar, sat, sau, sea, sem, sep, ser, set, sma, spa, spt, sta, stm, str, sue, sum, sup, sur, tam, tap, tar, tas, tau, tea, tem, ter, tes, tpm, tps, tra, trm, trp, trs, tsp, tua, tue, tum, tup, tur, uma, ume, ump, ums, ups, ura, ure, urp, urs, usa, use, ust, uta, ute, uts
Definitions for Upstream
[1] toward or in the higher part of a stream; against the current.
[2] directed upstream; situated upstream: an upstream journey; an upstream hideout.
[3] Commerce . of or relating to the early stages in the operations of a business or industry, as exploration and production in the oil business (opposed to downstream).
[4] against or opposite to the direction of transcription, translation, or synthesis of a DNA, RNA, or protein molecule.
[5] in or towards the higher part of a stream; against the current
[6] (in the oil industry) of or for any of the stages prior to oil production, such as exploration or research Compare downstream (def. 2)
Words related to Upstream
troublesome, crucial, tough, problematic, arduous, onerous, demanding, severe, strenuous, ambitious, burdensome, laborious, painful, challenging, gargantuan, Herculean, bothersome, exacting, formidable, galling
Words nearby Upstream
upstage, upstairs, upstanding, upstart, upstate, upstream, upstretched, upstroke, upsurge, upsweep, upswell
Origin of Upstream
First recorded in 1675–85; up- + stream
Synonyms for Upstream
ambitious, arduous, burdensome, challenging, crucial, demanding, laborious, onerous, painful, problematic, severe, strenuous, tough, troublesome, backbreaker, bothersome, difficile, easier said than done, effortful, exacting, formidable, galling, gargantuan, hard-won, heavy, herculean, immense, intricate, irritating, labored, no picnic, not easy, operose, problem, prohibitive, rigid, stiff, titanic, toilsome, trying, unyielding, uphill, wearisome