Verb: rise (rose,risen) rIz
- Move upward
"The fog rose";
- lift, arise, move up, go up, come up, uprise [archaic, literary]
- Increase in value or to a higher point
"the value of our house rose sharply last year";
- go up, climb
- Become or appear high or tall
"The building rose before them";
- lift, rear
- Get on one's feet from a sitting or kneeling position
"The audience rose and applauded";
- arise, uprise [archaic, literary], get up, stand up
- Go up or advance
"Sales were rising after prices were lowered";
- wax, mount, climb
- Get up and out of bed
"They rose early";
- get up, turn out, arise, uprise [archaic, literary]
- Become more extreme
"The tension rose";
- heighten
- Increase in rank or status
"Her new novel rose high on the bestseller list";
- jump, climb up
- Move to a better position in life or to a better job
"She rose from a life of poverty to one of great renown";
- ascend, move up
- Come into existence; take on form or shape
"A new religious movement rose in that country";
- originate, arise, develop, uprise [archaic, literary], spring up, grow
- Come to the surface
"Bubbles rose up from the depths"; "The fish rose to catch the bait";
- surface, come up, rise up
- Become heartened or elated
"Her spirits rose when she heard the good news"
- Increase in volume
"the dough rose slowly in the warm room";
- prove
- (astronomy) come up, of celestial bodies
"The sun also rises";
- come up, uprise [archaic, literary], ascend
- Exert oneself to meet a challenge
"rise to a challenge"; "rise to the occasion"
- Take part in a rebellion; renounce a former allegiance
"Students rose up to protest unfair policies";
- rebel, arise, rise up
- Return from the dead
"The dead are to rise";
- resurrect, uprise [archaic, literary]
- A growth in strength, number or importance
"The rise of social media has transformed communication"; "We observed a steady rise in customer complaints"
- The act of changing location in an upward direction
"The graceful rise of the hot air balloon";
- ascent, ascension, ascending
- A movement upward; rise above the ground
"they cheered the rise of the hot-air balloon";
- rising, ascent, ascension
- Increase in price or value
"the news caused a general rise on the stock market";
- advance
- The amount a salary is increased
"he got a 3% rise";
- raise, wage hike, hike, wage increase, salary increase
- An upward slope or grade (as in a road)
"the car couldn't make it up the rise";
- ascent, acclivity, raise, climb, upgrade [N. Amer]
- The property possessed by a slope or surface that rises
"The hikers struggled with the rise of the mountain trail";
- upgrade [N. Amer], rising slope
- A wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground
"Surfers waited for the perfect rise in the waves";
- lift
- An increase in cost
"they asked for a 10% rise in rates";
- boost, hike, cost increase
- (theology) the origination of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost
"the rise of the Holy Spirit";
- emanation, procession
Derived forms: rises, risen, rising, rose
Type of: alter, appear, ascend, become, change, change of location, change posture, dissent, emergence, exit, get out, go, go out, go up, grade [N. Amer], grow, growth, inception, incline, increase, increment, leave, locomote, look, motion, move, movement, moving ridge, origin, origination, outgrowth, protest, resist, return, seem, side, slope, step-up, tackle, take on, travel, undertake, vary, wave
Encyclopedia: Rise, East Riding of Yorkshire