Other Words for Rise

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Rise as a Noun has these synonyms:

get up, arise, awaken, waken, wake up, start or begin the day, colloq hit the deck, turn out
Example: We usually rise at about six o'clock.

get up, arise, stand (up), get to one's feet, be upstanding
Example: All rise when the judge enters the court.

start, engender, generate, begin, commence, produce, bring out, cause, bring about, bring into being
Example: We never discovered what gave rise to Tom's dislike of dogs.

Rise as a Verb has these synonyms:

advance, improve one's lot or position, progress, get ahead, go or get somewhere, succeed, make something of oneself, be promoted, prosper, thrive, make good, make it, make the grade, go places
Example: Fielding could well have risen in the company had his attitude been different.

arise, be nurtured, be produced, be generated, be created, spring up, be engendered
Example: The feelings that rose within him were spurred on by sheer hatred of the man.

ascend, be elevated, arise, climb, lift, go up, mount
Example: The smoke slowly, almost furtively, rose from the camp-fire into the still night air.

ascent, ascension, elevation, flight, climb, take-off
Example: The balloon's rise was suddenly halted when the basket caught in a tree.

ascent, hill, hillock, knoll, eminence, prominence, elevation, upland, highland, (upward) slope or incline, acclivity, upgrade
Example: As we climbed a slight rise, we saw the mountains gleaming in the distance.

fly, take flight, take wing, take to the air, take off, arise, lift, climb, soar, mount
Example: At the roar of the gun, tens of thousands of flamingoes rose from the lakes.

increase, be elevated or lifted or boosted, grow, go up, move upwards, climb, escalate, ascend, snowball
Example: When interest rates rise, they contribute to the inflation that raising them was supposed to reduce.

increase, increment, gain, addition
Example: In return for only a slight rise in wages, they are being asked to take on much more responsibility.

slant or incline or slope (upwards), ascend, climb, go uphill
Example: The path rises steeply just beyond the cwm.

start, begin, originate, arise, occur, happen, take place
Example: I cannot explain how so much bad feeling rose between us.

swell, flood, increase, grow, wax
Example: Owing to the heavy rains, the river is rising rapidly.

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