RISE


Meaning of RISE in English

I. verb

1.

to assume an upright or standing position

he rose from his chair

Synonyms: get up, stand up, uprise, upspring

Related Word: sit up; straighten up

Idioms: come to one's feet

Contrasted words: lie, lounge, recline, sit; loll, sprawl

2.

Synonyms: roll out , arise, get up, pile (out), rise and shine, turn out, uprise

Antonyms: retire

3.

Synonyms: adjourn 2, dissolve, prorogate, prorogue, recess, terminate

Antonyms: sit

4.

to move or come up from a lower to a higher level

smoke rose from the chimneys

Synonyms: arise, ascend, aspire, lift, mount, soar, up, uprear

Related Word: surge, tower; climb, scale; elevate, raise, rear

Contrasted words: descend, drop, lower; dip, plummet, sink

Antonyms: fall; decline

5.

Synonyms: intensify , aggravate, deepen, enhance, heighten, intensate, magnify, mount, redouble, rouse

6.

Synonyms: surface

7.

Synonyms: increase 2, augment, build, enlarge, expand, heighten, mount, multiply, upsurge, wax

Antonyms: abate; fall

8.

Synonyms: happen 1, befall, betide, chance, come, develop, fall out, go, occur, transpire

9.

Synonyms: spring 1, arise, derive (from), emanate, flow, head, issue, originate, proceed, stem

II. noun

1.

Synonyms: ascent , ascension, rising

Antonyms: fall

2.

Synonyms: addition , accession, accretion, augmentation, increase, increment, raise

3.

an increment in amount, number, or volume

crime is on the rise

Synonyms: boost, breakthrough, hike, increase, upgrade, wax

Contrasted words: declension, decline, lessening, letup, reduction, slump; decrement, loss

Antonyms: drop

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