Synonyms of rising

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noun

ˈrī-ziŋ 

1

as in revolt

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 & Similar Words

• revolt
• uprising
• insurrection
• rebellion
• mutiny
• insurgency
• revolution
• insurgence
• outbreak
• overthrow
• coup
• treachery
• coup d'état
• sedition
• treason
• subversion
• sabotage
• misprision

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• counterinsurgency
• counterrevolution

2

as in climb

the act or an instance of rising or climbing up

the rising of the sun

Synonyms & Similar Words

• climb
• ascent
• ascension
• rise
• soar
• increase
• takeoff
• hike
• raise
• elevation
• raising
• boost
• upsurge
• thrust
• hoist
• upswing
• upturn
• upheaval
• levitation
• liftoff
• heave
• upwelling
• uplifting
• uptrend
• upthrust
• blastoff
• upraising
• upsweep

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• fall
• drop
• dip
• descent
• plunge
• sinking
• dive
• decrease
• decline
• plummeting
• down
• nosedive
• downfall
• plop
• downgrade
• comedown

rising

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verb

present participle of rise

1

as in increasing

to become greater in extent, volume, amount, or number

the snow accumulation is rising at an alarming rate

Synonyms & Similar Words

• increasing
• swelling
• accelerating
• expanding
• climbing
• multiplying
• intensifying
• escalating
• waxing
• accumulating
• proliferating
• surging
• mounting
• spreading
• mushrooming
• booming
• ballooning
• burgeoning
• snowballing
• gaining
• enlarging
• rolling up
• skyrocketing
• jumping
• appreciating
• heightening
• building up
• rocketing
• peaking
• inflating
• cresting
• redoubling
• distending
• puffing (up)
• bulking
• crescendoing
• blowing up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• decreasing
• diminishing
• contracting
• lessening
• receding
• waning
• dwindling

2

as in waking

to leave one's bed

I generally rise around six and leave for work by seven

Synonyms & Similar Words

• waking
• arising
• uprising
• rolling out
• awaking
• getting up
• awakening
• turning out
• stirring
• bestirring
• arousing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• retiring
• resting
• sleeping
• turning in
• nodding
• bedding (down)
• dozing
• dropping off
• slumbering
• settling
• napping
• snoozing
• lying up
• lying (down)
• perching
• roosting
• reclining
• bunking
• flopping (down)
• catnapping
• couching
• dossing (down)

3

as in ascending

to move or extend upward

mountains majestically rising towards the sky

Synonyms & Similar Words

• ascending
• soaring
• climbing
• lifting
• mounting
• arising
• upping
• thrusting
• uprising
• aspiring
• sloping
• surging
• upturning
• towering
• tilting
• leaning
• upthrusting
• uprearing
• inclining
• raising
• elevating
• scaling
• topping
• uplifting
• boosting
• surmounting
• upheaving
• ballooning
• cresting
• zooming
• tipping
• taking off
• slanting
• reclining
• upraising
• blasting off
• listing
• canting

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• declining
• descending
• falling (off)
• dropping
• plunging
• dipping
• sliding
• sinking
• diving
• plummeting
• nose-diving

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of rising

Noun

There’s also a valuable dark-sky window around the month’s New Moon, the arrival of the summer solstice and the rising of the Strawberry Moon late in the month. — Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026

Underlying the Persian Gulf itself is a basin filled with debris eroded from the rising of the Zagros Mountains. — Scott L. Montgomery, The Conversation, 7 Apr. 2026

Verb

Surveys show that rising costs have left many people worried. — Evgenia Anastasakos, Chicago Tribune, 15 Aug. 2026

Conditions that are too cold might delay proofing or rising, resulting in a super-dense loaf. — Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Aug. 2026