rise

Noun

• increase in price or value
  • the news caused a general advance on the stock market
    

• an increase in cost
  • they asked for a 10% rise in rates
    

• (theology) the origination of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost
  • the emanation of the Holy Spirit
    
  • the rising of the Holy Ghost
    
  • the doctrine of the procession of the Holy Spirit from the Father and the Son
    

• a wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground

• the property possessed by a slope or surface that rises

• the amount a salary is increased
  • he got a 3% raise
    
  • he got a wage hike
    

• a movement upward
  • they cheered the rise of the hot-air balloon
    

• an upward slope or grade (as in a road)
  • the car couldn't make it up the rise
    

• the act of changing location in an upward direction

• a growth in strength or number or importance

Verb

• return from the dead
  • Christ is risen!
    
  • The dead are to uprise
    

• come up, of celestial bodies
  • The sun also rises
    
  • The sun uprising sees the dusk night fled...
    
  • Jupiter ascends
    

• increase in volume
  • the dough rose slowly in the warm room
    

• take part in a rebellion; renounce a former allegiance

• exert oneself to meet a challenge
  • rise to a challenge
    
  • rise to the occasion
    

• become heartened or elated
  • Her spirits rose when she heard the good news
    

• rise in rank or status
  • Her new novel jumped high on the bestseller list
    

• get up and out of bed
  • I get up at 7 A.M. every day
    
  • They rose early
    
  • He uprose at night
    

• become more extreme
  • The tension heightened
    

• go up or advance
  • Sales were climbing after prices were lowered
    

• move to a better position in life or to a better job
  • She ascended from a life of poverty to one of great
    

• come into existence; take on form or shape
  • A new religious movement originated in that country
    
  • a love that sprang up from friendship
    
  • the idea for the book grew out of a short story
    
  • An interesting phenomenon uprose
    

• come to the surface

• rise up
  • The building rose before them
    

• rise to one's feet
  • The audience got up and applauded
    

• increase in value or to a higher point
  • prices climbed steeply
    
  • the value of our house rose sharply last year
    

• move upward
  • The fog lifted
    
  • The smoke arose from the forest fire
    
  • The mist uprose from the meadows
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  advance , boost , hike , cost increase , emanation , procession , lift , upgrade , rising slope , raise , wage hike , wage increase , salary increase , rising , ascent , ascension , acclivity , climb , ascending , resurrect , uprise , come up , ascend , prove , rebel , arise , rise up , jump , climb up , get up ,
• Antonyms: 
  fall , descent , declivity , decline , declination , declension , downslope , downfall , set , go down , go under , wane , sit down , sit , lie down , lie , descend , come down