upriver Syllabification: (up·riv·er)Pronunciation: /ˈəpˈrivər/Translate upriver | into Italian | into Spanish Definition of upriver adverb & adjective toward or situated at a point nearer the source of a river: [as adverb]:the salmon head upriver to spawn [as adjective]:they headed for the upriver sideupriver in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of upriver in the British & World English dictionary