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Rise

🔄 Synonyms of "Rise"

30 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
advancenoun	To help the progress of (something); to further.
developverb	(transitive) To advance; to further; to promote the growth of.
raiseverb	(physical) To cause to rise; to lift or elevate.
boostnoun	Something that helps, or adds power or effectiveness; assistance.
ariseverb	(intransitive) To come up from one's bed or place of repose; to get up.
mountnoun	A hill or mountain.
liftverb	(ambitransitive) To raise or rise.
proveverb	(transitive) To demonstrate that something is true or viable; to give proof for; to bear out; to testify.
jumpverb	(intransitive) To propel oneself rapidly upward, downward and/or in any horizontal direction such that momentum causes the body to become airborne.
upgradeverb	An improved component or replacement item, usually applied to technology.
rebelnoun	A person who resists an established authority, often violently.
rearnoun	(transitive) To bring up to maturity, as offspring; to educate; to instruct; to foster.
growverb	(ergative) To become larger, to increase in magnitude.
risingnoun	The act of something that rises.
ascentnoun	The act of ascending; a motion upwards.
ascendingnoun	Rising or increasing to higher levels, values, or degrees. (e.g. of a sequence)
heightenverb	To advance, increase, augment, make larger, more intense, stronger etc.
waxnoun	Any oily, water-resistant, solid or semisolid substance; normally long-chain hydrocarbons, alcohols or esters.
climbverb	(intransitive) To ascend; rise; to go up.
acclivitynoun	(geomorphology) A slope or inclination of the earth, as the side of a hill, considered as ascending, in opposition to declivity, or descending; an upward slope; ascent.
originateverb	(intransitive) To come into existence; to have origin or beginning; to spring, be derived (from, with).
spring upverb	(intransitive) To appear suddenly.
climb upverb	(transitive) to gradually ascend something
stand upverb	(transitive, idiomatic) (stand someone up) To avoid a prearranged meeting, especially a date, with (a person) without prior notification; to jilt or shirk.
straightenverb	(transitive) To cause to become straight.

↔️ Antonyms of "Rise"

Words with the opposite meaning.

Word	Definition
setverb	(transitive) To put (something) down, to rest.
declinenoun	The act of declining or refusing something.
lieverb	(intransitive) To rest in a horizontal position on a surface.
dropnoun	(also figuratively) A small quantity of liquid, just large enough to hold its own round shape through surface tension, especially one that falls from a source of liquid.
fallverb	(heading, intransitive) To be moved downwards.
waneverb	(intransitive) To progressively lose its splendor, value, ardor, power, intensity etc.; to decline.
descentnoun	An instance of descending; act of coming down.
descendverb	Senses relating to moving from a higher to a lower position.
lie downverb	(intransitive) To assume a horizontal position.
downfallnoun	A precipitous decline in fortune; death or rapid deterioration, as in status or wealth.
sinkverb	(heading, physical) To move or be moved into something.
downslopenoun	Down a slope.
retireverb	(intransitive) To stop working on a permanent basis, usually because of old age or illness.
turn inverb	(transitive, idiomatic) To submit something; to give.
sitverb	(intransitive, copulative, of a person) To be in a position in which the upper body is upright and supported by the buttocks.
sit downverb	(intransitive) To assume a sitting position from a standing position.
go downverb	To descend; to move from a higher place to a lower one.
go underverb	(idiomatic) To collapse or fail, e.g. by going bankrupt.
declivitynoun	(geomorphology) The downward slope of a curve.
come downverb	(intransitive) To decrease.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Rise"

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
rise upverb	To mount a rebellion or insurgency; to rebel; to revolt.
ascendingnoun	Rising or increasing to higher levels, values, or degrees. (e.g. of a sequence)
ascentnoun	The act of ascending; a motion upwards.
liftverb	(ambitransitive) To raise or rise.
ascensionnoun	The act of ascending; an ascent.
ariseverb	(intransitive) To come up from one's bed or place of repose; to get up.
upgradeverb	An improved component or replacement item, usually applied to technology.
boostnoun	Something that helps, or adds power or effectiveness; assistance.
climb upverb	(transitive) to gradually ascend something
climbverb	(intransitive) To ascend; rise; to go up.
get upverb	To rise from one's bed, usually upon waking up in order to begin one's day.
move upverb	(transitive) To promote, put onto a higher level.
heightenverb	To advance, increase, augment, make larger, more intense, stronger etc.
surfacenoun	The overside or up-side of a flat object such as a table, or of a liquid.
raiseverb	(physical) To cause to rise; to lift or elevate.
growverb	(ergative) To become larger, to increase in magnitude.
stand upverb	(transitive, idiomatic) (stand someone up) To avoid a prearranged meeting, especially a date, with (a person) without prior notification; to jilt or shirk.
spring upverb	(intransitive) To appear suddenly.
advancenoun	To help the progress of (something); to further.
jumpverb	(intransitive) To propel oneself rapidly upward, downward and/or in any horizontal direction such that momentum causes the body to become airborne.