rising

rising

noun

Definition of RISING

1

open fighting against authority (as one's own government) <a great rising of the people was all it took to bring down a regime that imagined that it would endure for a thousand years>

Synonyms insurgence, insurgency, insurrection, mutiny, outbreak, revolt, revolution, rising, uprising

Related Words coup, coup d'état (or coup d{apos}etat), overthrow; misprision, sedition, treachery, treason; sabotage, subversion

Near Antonyms counterinsurgency, counterrevolution

2

the act or an instance of rising or climbing up <the rising of the sun>

Synonyms ascension, climb, rise, rising, soar

Related Words boost, hike, increase, raise; blastoff, elevation, hoist, levitation, liftoff, raising, takeoff; heave, thrust, upheaval, uplifting, upraising, upsurge, upsweep, upswing, upthrust, uptrend, upturn, upwelling

Near Antonyms plop, plummeting, sinking; decline, decrease, down; comedown, downfall, downgrade

Antonyms descent, dip, dive, drop, fall, nosedive, plunge