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

As news of his death ricocheted around the world, alarm was rising back home about the mounting deaths of influencers in Mexico, especially in the country’s most dangerous states. — Rey Rodríguez, CNN Money, 8 Aug. 2026

The first half of 2026 closed with the highest homicide count for any first semester in a decade, extortion still rising and armed groups that have grown sharply since 2022. — Armando Regil Velasco, FOXNews.com, 8 Aug. 2026