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1. 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 uprising";
   - rebellion, insurrection, revolt, rising

1. Come into existence; take on form or shape
   "An interesting phenomenon uprose";
   - originate, arise, rise, develop, spring up, grow
    
2. Ascend as a sound
   "The choirs singing uprose and filled the church"
    
3. Rise up as in fear
   "It was a sight to make one's hair uprise!";
   - bristle, stand up
    
4. Get on one's feet from a sitting or kneeling position
   - arise, rise, get up, stand up
    
5. (astronomy) come up, of celestial bodies
   "The sun uprising sees the dusk night fled...";
   - rise, come up, ascend
    
6. Move upward
   "The mist uprose from the meadows";
   - rise, lift, arise, move up, go up, come up
    
7. Return from the dead
   "The dead are to uprise";
   - resurrect, rise
    
8. Get up and out of bed
   "He uprose at night";
   - get up, turn out, arise, rise

Derived forms: uprisings

See also: travel

Type of: ascend, battle, become, change posture, conflict, go, go up, locomote, move, return, struggle, travel

Encyclopedia: Uprising