rise

1. verb

1)

the sun rose

Syn:

move up/upwards, come up, make one's/its way up, arise, ascend, climb, mount, soar

Ant:

fall, descend, set

2)

the mountains rising above us

Syn:

loom, tower, soar, rise up, rear (up)

3)

prices rose

Syn:

go up, increase, soar, shoot up, surge, leap, jump, rocket, escalate, spiral

Ant:

drop

4)

living standards have risen

Syn:

improve, get better, advance, go up, soar, shoot up

Ant:

worsen

5)

her voice rose

Syn:

get higher, grow, increase, become louder, swell, intensify

Ant:

drop

6)

he rose from his chair

Syn:

stand up, get to one's feet, get up, jump up, leap up; formal arise

Ant:

sit

7)

she rises at dawn

Syn:

get up, get out of bed, rouse oneself, stir, bestir oneself, be up and about; informal rise and shine, surface; formal arise

Ant:

retire, go to bed

8)

the court rose at midday

Syn:

adjourn, recess, be suspended, pause, take a break; informal knock off, take five

Ant:

resume, continue

9)

he rose through the ranks

Syn:

make progress, climb, advance, get on, work one's way, be promoted

10)

she wouldn't rise to the bait

Syn:

react to, respond to; take

11)

on the third day, Christ rose

Syn:

come back to life, be resurrected, revive

Ant:

die

12)

the dough started to rise

Syn:

swell, expand, enlarge, puff up

13)

the nation rose against its oppressors

Syn:

rebel, revolt, mutiny, riot, take up arms

Ant:

kowtow

14)

the river rises in the mountains

Syn:

originate in, begin in, start in, emerge in/from; issue from, spring from, flow from, emanate from

15)

her spirits rose

Syn:

brighten, lift, cheer up, improve, pick up; informal buck up

16)

the ground rose gently

Syn:

slope upward, go uphill, incline, climb

Ant:

drop away, drop

2. noun

1)

a price rise

Syn:

increase, hike, leap, upsurge, upswing, climb, escalation

2)

a rise in standards

Syn:

improvement, amelioration, upturn, leap

3)

her rise to power

Syn:

progress, climb, promotion, elevation, aggrandizement

4)

we walked up the rise

Syn:

slope, incline, hillock, hill; formal eminence