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1. (of e.g. celestial bodies) above the horizon
   "the risen sun"

1. Move upward
   "The fog rose";
   - lift, arise, move up, go up, come up, uprise
    
2. Increase in value or to a higher point
   "the value of our house rose sharply last year";
   - go up, climb
    
3. Get on one's feet from a sitting or kneeling position
   "The audience rose and applauded";
   - arise, uprise, get up, stand up
    
4. Become or appear high or tall
   "The building rose before them";
   - lift, rear
    
5. Come to the surface
   - surface, come up, rise up
    
6. Come into existence; take on form or shape
   "A new religious movement rose in that country";
   - originate, arise, develop, uprise, spring up, grow
    
7. Move to a better position in life or to a better job
   - ascend, move up
    
8. Go up or advance
   "Sales were rising after prices were lowered";
   - wax, mount, climb
    
9. Become more extreme
   "The tension rose";
   - heighten
    
10. Get up and out of bed
    "They rose early";
    - get up, turn out, arise, uprise
     
11. Increase in rank or status
    "Her new novel rose high on the bestseller list";
    - jump, climb up
     
12. Become heartened or elated
    "Her spirits rose when she heard the good news"
     
13. Exert oneself to meet a challenge
    "rise to a challenge"; "rise to the occasion"
     
14. Take part in a rebellion; renounce a former allegiance
    - rebel, arise, rise up
     
15. Increase in volume
    "the dough rose slowly in the warm room";
    - prove
     
16. (astronomy) come up, of celestial bodies
    "The sun also rises";
    - come up, uprise, ascend
     
17. Return from the dead
    "The dead are to rise";
    - resurrect, uprise

See also: come up, up

Type of: appear, ascend, become, change, change posture, dissent, go, go up, grow, increase, locomote, look, move, protest, resist, return, seem, tackle, take on, travel, undertake

Antonym: lie, sit

Encyclopedia: Risen, James