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Synonyms for rise

  • verb
  • noun

Most common

arise increase ascend come up climb go up mount

Synonyms by meaning

Verb

1. Arise

arise, increase, ascend, come up, grow, soar, spring up, lift, stir, come into being, rouse UK CA, emerge, move up, come to life, originate, swell, appear, come forth, revolt, flow, develop, revive

2. Climb — to move, or appear to move, physically upwards relative to the ground. To move upwards

climb, go up, jump, climb up

3. Mount

mount, wax

Other

rebel, surface, heighten, prove, strike, levitate, mutiny, resurrect, rear, adjourn

Noun

1. Increase in pay

raise, pay raise US, payrise UK, run-up, boost, hike

2. Ascension

ascension, ascent, elevation, ascending

3. Acclivity

upgrade, acclivity rare

4. Emanation

emanation, procession

Other

get-up, head, advance, beginning, dawn, hill, turn-out, appreciation, root, commencement, origin, stand-up

Antonyms

fall, set, descend

All antonyms of rise →

Definitions

  1. v. 1

    To move, or appear to move, physically upwards relative to the ground. To move upwards.

    We watched the balloon rise.

  2. v. 2

    To move, or appear to move, physically upwards relative to the ground. To grow upward; to attain a certain height.

    This elm tree rises to a height of seventy feet.

  3. n. 1

    The process of or an action or instance of moving upwards or becoming greater.

    There was a rise of nearly two degrees since yesterday.

  4. n. 2

    The process of or an action or instance of coming to prominence.

    The rise of the feminists.

Related words

Phrases
give rise to rise up rise above rise and shine on the rise tax rise pay rise
Other spellings
rice

Forms

Plural
rises → raises, run-ups, boosts, hikes…
Past participle
risen
e.g. risen → arisen, increased, ascended, grown…

Choose the right word

Rise or Source?

A rise is thought of as in an action; we say that a lake is the source of a certain river, or that the river takes its rise from the lake.

J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)

Example sentences

  • increase It cannot be denied that crime is on the increase.
  • grow "I will grow many trees here", he said to himself.
  • arise Should anything arise, she will be prepared for it.
  • ascend The soul must be purified before it can ascend.
  • jump Many would jump at the chance to live in New York.
  • climb It's dangerous to climb a mountain in bad weather.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
risesteady
increasefalling
growrising
arisesteady
ascendrising
jumprising

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

By length

3 letters
wax1
4 letters
head1, grow1, hill1, flow1, jump1, lift1, rear1, root1, dawn1, stir1, hike1, soar1
5 letters
prove1, raise1, mount1, boost1, climb1, rebel2, arise2, swell1, rouse1
6 letters
appear2, strike1, origin3, emerge2, revolt2, revive2, ascent2, mutiny3, ascend2
7 letters
develop3, surface2, advance2, upgrade2, adjourn2, payrise
8 letters
increase2, heighten2, levitate3
9 letters
beginning3, elevation4, originate4, ascension3, ascending3, resurrect3, emanation4, acclivity
10 letters
procession3
12 letters
appreciation5, commencement3

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (rebel2 = 2 syllables).

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