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

However, speculation of their breakup arose in early 2024 when the two wiped their Instagrams of each other. —Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 9 Jan. 2026

The original postponement announcement stated NASA was monitoring a medical concern that arose Wednesday afternoon. —Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Jan. 2026

The warts that arose later in Harbaugh’s Baltimore tenure — failing to advance in the playoffs to make Super Bowl runs with MVP quarterback Lamar Jackson — are the type of problems the Giants could only dream of at this point. —Dan Duggan, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2026

The township, which has raised the possibility it'll be forced into bankruptcy, said its insurer went out of business before the claim arose. —Laura A. Bischoff, Cincinnati Enquirer, 7 Jan. 2026

Then an unexpected opportunity arose. —Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 2 Jan. 2026

Typically coming out in the fall, the publication arose in a time when sophisticated weather forecasting — and even automobiles — didn't exist. —Keith Matheny, Freep.com, 7 Nov. 2025

Related Stories The announcement of a farewell tour brings at least some clarity to the future of the group, after confusion arose amid statements ade on social media in early October by Neal Schon. —Chris Willman, Variety, 6 Nov. 2025

The historian Karen Armstrong argues that our modern focus on belief is a distortion that arose after the scientific revolution. —Big Think, 5 Nov. 2025