Synonyms for raising

Most common

fostering · rearing · growing · lifting

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

Antonyms

lowering

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Definitions

1. n. 1

   Elevation.

2. n. 2

   Nurturing; cultivation; providing sustenance and protection for a living thing from conception to maturity.

Related words

Phrases

raising agent negative raising raising piece

Forms

Plural

raisings → rearings, fosterings, nurtures, breedings…

Example sentences

• fostering Suffering on Earth will subside if we stop fostering it.
• rearing Why don't men help their wives with child-rearing?
• growing The economy of the country kept growing for years.
• lifting He's perfected his weight lifting program and diet.

Popularity over time

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters

lift¹

7 letters

working², growing², lifting², nurture², rearing²

8 letters

breeding², erection³

9 letters

elevation⁴, fostering³, uplifting³, fosterage

10 letters

upbringing³, exaltation

11 letters

cultivation⁴

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (working² = 2 syllables).