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rise
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- pronunciation:
- raIz
- parts of speech:
- intransitive verb, transitive verb, noun
- phrases:
- give rise to, rise above, rise to the occasion
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb, noun)
| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| inflections: |
rises, rising, rose, risen |
| definition 1: |
to move, extend, or project upward.
The smoke from the fire rose above the trees.- synonyms:
- arise, ascend, climb, erect, heighten, lift, mount, stand
- antonyms:
- descend, dip, fall, lower
- similar words:
- right, scale, surface, upheave, well
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| definition 2: |
to stand after lying, kneeling, or sitting.
Everyone rose when the judge entered the courtroom.- synonyms:
- arise, stand up, uprise
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| definition 3: |
to get up from bed.
The farmers' children rose always rose early.- synonyms:
- arise, rouse, uprise
- antonyms:
- retire
- similar words:
- awake, bestir, wake
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| definition 4: |
to be in armed rebellion; revolt.
The people endured much suffering before they finally rose in rebellion.- synonyms:
- revolt, uprise
- similar words:
- mutiny, rebel
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| definition 5: |
to increase in size or level.
The lake rose four inches over the summer.- synonyms:
- escalate, grow, mount, swell, uprise
- antonyms:
- fall, lower, sink, subside
- similar words:
- burgeon, gain, increase, upsurge
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| definition 6: |
to increase in number, value, or degree.
The divorce rate is rising.- synonyms:
- escalate, grow, heighten, mount, swell
- antonyms:
- abate, decrease, dip, fall, lower, sink
- similar words:
- boom, increase, multiply, upsurge, upswing
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| definition 7: |
to grow from the earth.
Tomato plants rose from the rich soil.- synonyms:
- burgeon, come up, grow, sprout
- similar words:
- develop, emerge, shoot, swell
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| definition 8: |
to ascend upward from behind the horizon.
The sun rises in the east.- synonyms:
- appear, come up, uprise
- antonyms:
- set
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| definition 9: |
to come into being.
A mood of disquiet was rising among the nobles.- synonyms:
- appear, develop, emerge, materialize, originate
- similar words:
- begin, crop up, spring, surface, swell
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| definition 10: |
to originate; issue.
This stream rises deep in the mountains.- synonyms:
- arise, grow, spring, surge, swell, well
- similar words:
- come, emanate, emerge, flow, issue, originate, proceed
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| definition 11: |
to move upward in rank or importance.
She rose to the position of manager.- synonyms:
- advance, ascend, progress
- similar words:
- climb, develop
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| definition 12: |
to become more cheerful or optimistic.
His spirits rose.- synonyms:
- cheer up, inflate
- similar words:
- lift, mount
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| definition 13: |
of bread and the like, to swell because of the action of yeast or some other ingredient.
Let the dough rise in a warm place for thirty minutes.- similar words:
- balloon, puff, swell
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| definition 14: |
to become alive again after being dead.
The Bible says that Lazarus rose from the dead.- synonyms:
- resurrect
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| related words: |
billow, cock, dawn, expand, flood, jump, loom, peak, riot, set in, soar, stand, start, stem, surge, zoom |
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| definition: |
to cause to move, extend, or project upward.
The stagehands rose the curtain.- synonyms:
- elevate, erect, heighten, lift, mount, raise, right, stand, upright
- similar words:
- boost, upend, upheave
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| related words: |
right, zoom |
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| phrase: |
rise above, rise to the occasion |
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
an instance or act of rising.
At the rise of the curtain, the audience clapped enthusiastically.- synonyms:
- ascension, ascent, climb, emergence, growth, increase, raise, uplift
- antonyms:
- decline, descent, fall
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| definition 2: |
an increase in height or level.
There has been a rise in the water table.The river's rise has caused flooding over a wide area.- synonyms:
- boost, escalation, gain, increase
- antonyms:
- decrease
- similar words:
- growth
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| definition 3: |
degree of elevation or increase.
The sudden rise in price was shocking.- synonyms:
- gain, increase, lift
- antonyms:
- drop
- similar words:
- grade, pitch
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| definition 4: |
appearance of the sun, moon, stars, or planets above the horizon.
We watched the rise of the sun over the mountain. |
| definition 5: |
an upward movement in rank or position.
The book detailed the dictator's rise to power.- synonyms:
- advancement, ascent, promotion
- antonyms:
- comedown, descent
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| definition 6: |
an angry or defensive response.
His criticism got a rise out of her.- synonyms:
- reaction, retort
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| definition 7: |
beginning or source.
Scholars have investigated the rise of this legend.- synonyms:
- fountainhead, matrix, origin, source
- similar words:
- germ
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| definition 8: |
an increase in number, value, or degree.
The rise in highway accidents could have been prevented.- synonyms:
- accrual, escalation, gain, increase, increment
- antonyms:
- decline, slump
- similar words:
- growth
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| definition 9: |
an area of ground that slopes upward, esp. a hill.
There is a beautiful view from the top of the rise.- synonyms:
- ascent, incline, slope, upgrade, uphill, uprise
- antonyms:
- fall
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| related words: |
accession, ascension, ascent, bank, beginning, dawn, elevation, epidemic, height, inclination, incline, knob, origin, outbreak, zoom |
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| phrase: |
give rise to |
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