Home › Words › U › upbidupbidupbid means an upward bid.EtymologyFrom up- + bid.nounAn upward bid.verbTo bid upward.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.bybidder 71% match — A person employed to bid at an auction in order to raise the prices for the auctioneer or seller. vs upbid →underbid 69% match — To bid too low. vs upbid →counterbid 67% match — A bid made in response to a previous bid by another party vs upbid →bidder 64% match — Someone who bids (all senses), but most commonly, one offers to pay a specified price at an auction. vs upbid →counterbidder 63% match — One who counterbids. vs upbid →cuebid 62% match — A bid of a suit that has already been bid by opponents. vs upbid →buyup 62% match — The act of buying land or some other commodity whose value is about to increase. vs upbid →upping 62% match — The act of increasing something. vs upbid →