Synonyms of arose

arose

verb

past tense of arise

1

as in woke

to leave one's bed

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• woke
• rose
• awoke
• rolled out
• uprose
• awakened
• turned out
• got up
• stirred
• aroused
• bestirred

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• retired
• turned in
• rested
• bedded (down)
• nodded
• slept
• settled
• dropped off
• slumbered
• dozed
• napped
• lay up
• perched
• lay (down)
• roosted
• couched
• bunked
• snoozed
• flopped (down)
• reclined
• catnapped
• dossed (down)

2

as in surfaced

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 & Similar Words

• surfaced
• emerged
• occurred
• happened
• appeared
• materialized
• came up
• cropped (up)
• came
• sprang (up)
• transpired
• went (on)
• came out
• chanced
• turned up
• intervened
• came about
• interfered
• showed up
• fell out
• intruded
• went off
• passed
• interposed
• happed

3

as in began

to come into existence

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• began
• originated
• started
• commenced
• appeared
• was
• emerged
• formed
• sprang
• engendered
• arrived
• dawned
• existed
• materialized
• set in
• lived
• broke
• actualized
• breathed
• lasted
• continued
• persisted
• subsisted
• survived
• came on
• coalesced
• shaped (up)
• endured
• cohered

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• ended
• ceased
• stopped
• concluded
• finished
• terminated
• halted
• disappeared
• discontinued
• vanished
• dissolved
• died
• evaporated
• quit
• desisted
• departed
• passed away
• expired
• perished

4

as in rose

to move or extend upward

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• rose
• climbed
• ascended
• soared
• lifted
• mounted
• upped
• thrust
• aspired
• uprose
• upturned
• surged
• sloped
• tilted
• towered
• upreared
• leaned
• upthrusted
• inclined
• ballooned
• elevated
• raised
• uplifted
• upheaved
• surmounted
• topped
• crested
• scaled
• boosted
• tipped
• blasted off
• upraised
• zoomed
• listed
• reclined
• took off
• slanted
• canted

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• descended
• declined
• dropped
• fell (off)
• plunged
• dipped
• slid
• sank
• plummeted
• dived
• nose-dived

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of arose

Even with the new tunnel machines, obstacles arose. —Steve Scauzillo, Daily News, 7 May 2026

The goal was to play a patient game then jump on the offensive when opportunities arose rather than trying to force the issue and abdicate defensive responsibilities. —Eric Stephens, New York Times, 7 May 2026

Naturally, questions arose about the line of succession. —Diego Lasarte, New Yorker, 4 May 2026

National Teachers Day, which falls on Tuesday, May 5, arose out of then-first lady Eleanor Roosevelt's lobbying of Congress in 1953, according to the website of the National Education Association. —Mike Snider, USA Today, 4 May 2026

My parents had been dreaming of visiting a holy site in southern France for decades when the opportunity to go finally arose. —Mary Beth Skylis, Travel + Leisure, 3 May 2026

When the chance to join Schwarzman arose, Li was in his fourth year working for the NBA in New York. —Shawn Tully, Fortune, 2 May 2026

The new charges arose from an investigation that was launched when the parents of a boy at the daycare noticed that their child’s genitals were swollen and scabbed, according to the warrant affidavit in Berrios-Otero’s initial arrest. —Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 2 May 2026

After the Kings were swept by the Colorado Avalanche last weekend, marking the fifth straight year they’ve been bounced in the first round, plenty of questions arose as to what would happen next. —Curtis Pashelka, Mercury News, 30 Apr. 2026