rise

n.

1. The act of rising

   ascent, ascension, climb, mounting, soaring, towering, surge, upsurge, lift, upward sweep, ascent stage, reach, going up, coming up, pushing up.

   Antonyms fall*, sinking*, drop. *

2. An increase

   augmentation, growth, enlargement, multiplication, heightening, intensifying, distention, stacking up, piling up, addition, accession, inflation, acceleration, doubling, advance; see also increase 1.

   Antonyms reduction*, decrease*, lessening. *

3. Source

   beginning, commencement, start, emergence; see appearance 3, origin 1.

get a rise out of*

give rise to

rise

v.

1. To move upward

   ascend, mount, climb, scale, surmount, soar, tower, rocket, levitate, surge, sweep upward, lift, get up, bob up, move up, push up, reach up, come up, go up, sprout, grow, rear, uprise, rise up, fly up, take off, blast off, curl upward; see also fly 1.

   Antonyms fall*, drop*, come down. *

2. To get up after sleeping, lying, sitting, etc.

   arise, awake, get out of bed, stand up; see arise 1, stand 1.

3. To increase

   grow, swell, intensify, mount, enlarge, spread, expand, extend, augment, heighten, enhance, distend, inflate, escalate, build, pile up, stack up, multiply, accelerate, speed up, add to, wax, advance, raise, double; see also increase 1.

   Antonyms decrease*, lessen*, contract. *

4. To begin

   spring, emanate, issue; see arise 3, begin 2.

5. To improve one's station

   advance, prosper, flourish, thrive, succeed, progress, be promoted, be elevated, be lifted up, better oneself, rise in the world; see also improve 2.

   Antonyms fail*, go down in the world, deteriorate. *

6. To be built

   stand, be erected, be placed, be located, be put up, go up, rise up, uprise, be founded, have foundation, be situated.

7. To swell; said usually of dough or batter

   inflate, billow, bulge, puff up; see swell. See syn. study at arise.