rise

Meanings

• a growth in strength or number or importance
• the act of changing location in an upward direction
• an upward slope or grade (as in a road)
  • "the car couldn't make it up the rise"
• a movement upward
  • "they cheered the rise of the hot-air balloon"
• the amount a salary is increased
• the property possessed by a slope or surface that rises
• a wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground
• (theology) the origination of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost
• an increase in cost
  • "they asked for a 10% rise in rates"
• increase in price or value
• move upward
• increase in value or to a higher point
• rise to one's feet
• rise up
• come to the surface
• come into existence; take on form or shape
• move to a better position in life or to a better job; "She ascended from a life of poverty to one of great
• go up or advance
• become more extreme
• get up and out of bed
• rise in rank or status
• become heartened or elated
• exert oneself to meet a challenge
  • "rise to a challenge"
  • "rise to the occasion"
• take part in a rebellion; renounce a former allegiance
• increase in volume
• come up, of celestial bodies
  • "The sun also rises"
• return from the dead
  • "Christ is risen!"
  • "The dead are to uprise"

Synonyms

acclivity, advance, arise, ascend, ascending, ascension, ascent, boost, climb, climb up, come up, cost increase, develop, emanation, get up, go up, grow, heighten, hike, jump, lift, mount, move up, originate, procession, prove, raise, rear, rebel, resurrect, rise up, rising, rising slope, salary increase, spring up, stand up, surface, turn out, upgrade, uprise, wage hike, wage increase, wax