1. Advancing or becoming higher or greater in degree or value or status
   "a rising trend"; "a rising market"
    
2. Sloping upward
   "The rising path made the hike more challenging";
   - acclivitous, uphill
    
3. Coming to maturity
   "the rising generation";
   - emerging
    
4. Newly come into prominence
   "a rising young politician"

1. A movement upward; rise above the ground
   "The rising of the hot air balloon was a magnificent sight";
   - rise, ascent, ascension
    
2. Organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another
   "military security has been stepped up since the recent rising";
   - rebellion, insurrection, revolt, uprising

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

Derived forms: risings

See also: ascending, future, improving, new, up

Type of: alter, appear, ascend, battle, become, change, change of location, change posture, conflict, dissent, exit, get out, go, go out, go up, grow, increase, leave, locomote, look, move, protest, resist, return, seem, struggle, tackle, take on, travel, undertake, vary

Antonym: falling, wane

Encyclopedia: Rising, John