rising

Meanings

• a movement upward
• organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another
• move upward
• increase in value or to a higher point
• rise to one's feet
• rise up
• come to the surface
• come into existence; take on form or shape
• move to a better position in life or to a better job; "She ascended from a life of poverty to one of great
• go up or advance
• become more extreme
• get up and out of bed
• rise in rank or status
• become heartened or elated
• exert oneself to meet a challenge
• take part in a rebellion; renounce a former allegiance
• increase in volume
• come up, of celestial bodies
  • "The sun uprising sees the dusk night fled..."
• return from the dead
• advancing or becoming higher or greater in degree or value or status
  • "a rising trend"
  • "a rising market"
• sloping upward
• coming to maturity
  • "the rising generation"
• newly come into prominence
  • "a rising young politician"

Synonyms

acclivitous, arise, ascend, ascension, ascent, climb, climb up, come up, develop, emerging, get up, go up, grow, heighten, insurrection, jump, lift, mount, move up, originate, prove, rear, rebel, rebellion, resurrect, revolt, rise, rise up, spring up, stand up, surface, turn out, uphill, uprise, uprising, wax