Synonyms for rise
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : rahyz |
| Phonetic Transcription : raɪz |
Top 10 synonyms for rise Other synonyms for the word rise
- accession
- acclivity
- accretion
- add to
- addition
- advancement
- aggrandizement
- aggravate
- appear
- arise
- arouse
- ascension
- aspire
- augment
- augmentation
- awake
- be elevated
- be erect
- be located
- be promoted
- be situated
- befall
- betide
- better oneself
- billow
- blast off
- bob up
- breakthrough
- bulge
- chance
- climb the ladder
- come up
- crop up
- dawn
- deepen
- derive
- develop
- distend
- distention
- double
- doubling
- elevation
- emanate
- emerge
- eminence
- enhance
- enlarge
- enlargement
- eventuate
- expand
- fall out
- flare up
- flourish
- flow
- get on
- get out of bed
- get somewhere
- get steeper
- get to one's feet
- go
- go places
- go through the roof
- go up
- go uphill
- grow
- growth
- happen
- have foundation
- head
- heighten
- heightening
- highland
- hike
- hillock
- improve
- incline
- increment
- inflate
- inflation
- insurrect
- intensate
- intensification
- intensify
- intensifying
- issue
- levitate
- lift
- loom
- magnify
- mount
- move up
- multiplication
- multiply
- mutiny
- occur
- originate
- perk up
- pick up
- pile out
- pile up
- piling up
- proceed
- progress
- promotion
- prosper
- push up
- raise
- reach up
- redouble
- resist
- revolt
- riot
- rise and shine
- rise up
- rising
- rising ground
- rocket
- roll out
- rouse
- scale
- sit up
- slope upwards
- soar
- soaring
- speed up
- spread
- spring
- sprout
- stack up
- stacking up
- stand up
- stem
- step-up
- straighten up
- succeed
- surface
- surge
- surmount
- sweep upward
- swell
- take off
- take up arms
- thrive
- tower
- towering
- transpire
- turn out
- turn up
- up
- upgrade
- upland
- upspring
- upsurge
- upswing
- upturn
- wax
- waxing
- work one's way up
Définition of rise
Origin :- Old English risan "to rise, rise from sleep, get out of bed; stand up, rise to one's feet; get up from table; rise together; be fit, be proper" (usually arisan; class I strong verb; past tense ras, past participle risen), from Proto-Germanic *us-risanan "to go up" (cf. Old Norse risa, Old Saxon risan, Gothic urreisan "to rise," Old High German risan "to rise, flow," German reisen "to travel," originally "to rise for a journey").
- From c.1200 as "move from a lower to a higher position, move upward; increase in number or amount; rise in fortune, prosper; become prominent;" also "rise from the dead." Meaning "come into existence, originate; result (from)" is mid-13c. From early 14c. as "rebel, revolt;" also "occur, happen, come to pass; take place." Related to raise (v.). Related: Rose; risen.
- noun increase, improvement
- noun movement upward; upward slope
- verb get up; ascend
- verb increase, grow
- verb progress in business
- verb become apparent
- verb rebel
- Making an effort to rise, he seemed surprised at his own weakness.
- Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
- However, when we rise to go, it is well after midnight, and I am in a pleasant daze.
- Extract from : « Ballads of a Bohemian » by Robert W. Service
- The rise and fall of civilisations may be called mankind's lessons in "how not to do it."
- Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
- He felt thankful when the morning dawned, and it was time to rise.
- Extract from : « Life in London » by Edwin Hodder
- They seemed to rise from some eternal deep within her, yet not to be of her making.
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
- In few other circumstances can it have such an opportunity—can it rise to equal height.
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
- Cut this into strips about 3/4 inch wide, cover, and let rise.
- Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 4 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
- Knead the dough, let it rise again, and form it into loaves.
- Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 1 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
- Let these rise and then bake them in a hot oven for about 15 minutes.
- Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 1 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
- We are now in the region of the Causses; around us rise the spurs of Sauveterre and Svrac.
- Extract from : « The Roof of France » by Matilda Betham-Edwards
Antonyms for rise
- calm
- cause
- cave in
- comply
- compress
- contract
- cooperate
- decelerate
- decline
- decrease
- deduction
- deflate
- demolish
- depress
- descend
- destroy
- diminish
- divide
- drop
- end
- fail
- failure
- fall
- finish
- give in
- go along
- go down
- hindrance
- languish
- leave
- lessen
- lessening
- lose
- lower
- lull
- obey
- raze
- recede
- reduce
- reduction
- regress
- retreat
- shrink
- shrinkage
- sleep
- slump
- soften
- soothe
- stagnation
- stop
- subtraction
- weaken
- worsen
- worsening
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