Synonyms of rose

rose

verb

past tense of rise

1

as in increased

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

the snow accumulation is rising at an alarming rate

Synonyms & Similar Words

• increased
• swelled
• climbed
• accelerated
• expanded
• multiplied
• waxed
• intensified
• surged
• mushroomed
• ballooned
• boomed
• rolled up
• mounted
• accumulated
• spread
• escalated
• jumped
• proliferated
• gained
• enlarged
• burgeoned
• snowballed
• built up
• appreciated
• skyrocketed
• rocketed
• heightened
• peaked
• crested
• redoubled
• inflated
• puffed (up)
• distended
• blew up
• crescendoed
• bulked

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• decreased
• diminished
• contracted
• lessened
• receded
• dwindled
• waned

2

as in woke

to leave one's bed

I generally rise around six and leave for work by seven

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

3

as in climbed

to move or extend upward

mountains majestically rising towards the sky

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of rose

The price swung between $72 and $102 last month as hopes rose and fell that the United States and Iran could reach an agreement that would allow oil tankers to freely exit the Middle East again to deliver crude worldwide. — Frank Andrews, CBS News, 11 Aug. 2026

Meanwhile, the share of California public safety employees with at least 15 years of tenure dramatically rose from about 10% in 1996 to 47% in 2024. — Mariana Trujillo, Oc Register, 11 Aug. 2026

Global oil prices rose on Tuesday as the United States and Iran set stringent conditions on each other for the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz. — Kevin Liptak, CNN Money, 11 Aug. 2026

Kitten intake rose 30% in April compared with the same month last year, according to the department’s Woof Stats, and euthanasia increased by 177% in April compared with the same month a year earlier. — Hailey Wang, Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2026

National Federation of Independent Business Tuesday released its Small Business Optimism index which indicated that US small business optimism rose in July to its highest level in a year. — Bloomberg, Fortune, 11 Aug. 2026

After Dobbs, overall use rose sharply, but there was no immediate surge attributable to the decision itself. — Jennifer Karlin, STAT, 11 Aug. 2026

Chemical steam rose from the water so that Kath couldn’t see any of their faces. — Literary Hub, 11 Aug. 2026

Yogurt sales rose by 200 percent over the 1970s, and big food companies like General Mills, Kraft, and Kellogg rolled out their own versions. — Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 11 Aug. 2026