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arise

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of arise

1 to leave oneʼs bed

the travelers arose before dawn and were on their way as the sun came up

Synonyms of arise

get up, rise, roll out, turn out, uprise

Words Related to arise

arouse, awake, awaken, bestir, stir, wake

Near Antonyms of arise

catnap, doze, drop off, lie up, nap, nod, rest, sleep, slumber, snooze

bunk, perch, roost, settle

couch, doss (down) [chiefly British], flop (down), lie (down), recline

Antonyms of arise

bed (down), retire, turn in

2 to come to one's attention especially gradually or unexpectedly

note in your report any problems that arise while you are conducting the experiment

Synonyms of arise

come up, crop (up), emerge, materialize, spring (up), surface

Words Related to arise

appear, come out, show up, turn up

chance, come, come about, fall out, go (on), go off, hap, happen, occur, pass, transpire

interfere, interpose, intervene, intrude

3 to come into existence

it is not known exactly how mammals arose, but scientists date the earliest mammals to the Triassic period

Synonyms of arise

actualize, appear, begin, break, commence, dawn, engender, form, materialize, originate, set in, spring, start

Words Related to arise

be, breathe, exist, live, subsist

arrive, come on, emerge

coalesce, cohere, shape (up)

continue, endure, last, persist, survive

Near Antonyms of arise

conclude, desist, discontinue, finish, halt, quit, terminate

disappear, dissolve, evaporate, vanish

depart, die, expire, pass away, perish

Antonyms of arise

cease, end, stop

4 to move or extend upward

slowly the hot-air balloon arose, and the round-the-world flight was begun

Synonyms of arise

ascend, aspire, climb, lift, mount, rise, soar, thrust, up, uprear, uprise, upthrust, upturn

Words Related to arise

boost, elevate, raise, upheave, uplift, upraise

balloon, blast off, take off, zoom

crest, scale, surmount, top

cant, incline, lean, list, recline, slant, slope, tilt, tip

Near Antonyms of arise

dive, nose-dive, plummet, sink, slide

Antonyms of arise

decline, descend, dip, drop, fall (off), plunge

Synonym Discussion of arise

spring, arise, rise, originate, derive, flow, issue, emanate, proceed, stem mean to come up or out of something into existence. spring implies rapid or sudden emerging.

- an idea that springs to mind

arise and rise may both convey the fact of coming into existence or notice but rise often stresses gradual growth or ascent.

- new questions have arisen
- slowly rose to prominence

originate implies a definite source or starting point.

- the fire originated in the basement

derive implies a prior existence in another form.

- the holiday derives from an ancient Roman feast

flow adds to spring a suggestion of abundance or ease of inception.

- words flowed easily from her pen

issue suggests emerging from confinement through an outlet.

- blood issued from the cut

emanate applies to the coming of something immaterial (such as a thought) from a source.

- reports emanating from the capital

proceed stresses place of origin, derivation, parentage, or logical cause.

- advice that proceeds from the best of intentions

stem implies originating by dividing or branching off from something as an outgrowth or subordinate development.

- industries stemming from space research

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