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overhead(adjective, adverb, higher, greater, aerial)
10
up(adjective, adverb, preposition, earth)
10
upwards
9
aloft(adverb, above)
7
over
6
ascending(adjective, adverb)
6
above(adverb, higher, greater, aerial)
6
rising(verb, mounting, tumescent, cultural)
6
skyward(adjective, adverb, preposition, aerial)
5
upwardly
5
top(noun, higher, greater, above)
5
upper(adjective, higher, greater, aerial, above)
4
high(higher, greater)
4
higher(adjective, adverb, greater)
4
mounting
4
uphill
4
upright(adjective, adverb, straight, erect, vertical)
4
upstairs
3
ascendant
3
ceiling
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