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Rise suggests movement upward and has a strong overlap in meaning with increase.
The sun rises in the East, usually causing the temperature to rise as well.
Wages and prices may rise in a growing economy.
A rise is an instance of rising (rise in taxes).
When you make bread you let the dough rise, usually more than once; you punch it down after the first rise.
To give rise to something is to cause it.
Rank increase or publicity
- careerLifelong occupational pursuit
- progressionSequential forward movement
- climbAscend using effort
- ladderPortable climbing frame
mobility · ambition · achievement · success · prosperity · elevation · rank · status
Low natural elevation
- slopeAngled terrain or steepness
- ridgeNarrow raised strip
- inclineAngled rising surface
- moundHeaped earth formation
elevation · gradient · knoll · grade · embankment · bluff · escarpment · highland
Increase in size
- boostUpward push or increase
- amplifyIncrease in strength
- escalateIncrease in severity
- expandIncrease in size
swell · augment · surge · intensify · heighten · accumulate · inflate · multiply
Initial stage of something
- genesisPoint of creation
- birthComing into the world
- dawnDay's first glow
- emergenceComing into existence
inception · commencement · outset · source · start · foundation · root · creation
Flour-liquid mixture for baking
- yeastFermenting fungus
- leavenFermenting agent for dough
- proofDemonstration of truth
- fermentMicrobial chemical breakdown
bread · loaf · knead · activate · flour · oven · batter · expand
Path left in water
morning · dawn · consciousness · alertness · revival · resurgence · reawakening · bestir
Defiance of established power
- revoltOrganized resistance to power
- revolutionViolent governmental overthrow
- insurrectionViolent uprising against authority
- mutinyRevolt against authority
resistance · protest · insurgency · defiance · dissent · upheaval · coup · movement
climb
Ascend using effort
mount · upward · skyward · altitude · heights · summit · peak · apex · zenith · pinnacle
promotion
Rank increase or publicity
- careerLifelong occupational pursuit
- progressionSequential forward movement
- climbAscend using effort
ladder · mobility · ambition · achievement · success · prosperity · elevation · rank · status · meritocracy
hill
Low natural elevation
mound · elevation · gradient · knoll · grade · embankment · bluff · escarpment · highland · upland
growth
Increase in size
expand · swell · augment · surge · intensify · heighten · accumulate · inflate · multiply · enlarge
beginning
Initial stage of something
emergence · inception · commencement · outset · source · start · foundation · root · creation · cradle
dough
Flour-liquid mixture for baking
ferment · bread · loaf · knead · activate · flour · oven · batter · expand · aerate
wake
Path left in water
get up · morning · dawn · consciousness · alertness · revival · resurgence · reawakening · bestir · emerge
rebellion
Defiance of established power
- revoltOrganized resistance to power
- revolutionViolent governmental overthrow
- insurrectionViolent uprising against authority
mutiny · resistance · protest · insurgency · defiance · dissent · upheaval · coup · movement · unrest
- growthgrowth, grow, growing, growth rate, increase
- movementwalk, move, go, run, jump
- action verbsrun, jump, chase, grab, climb
- history termsempire, dynasty, colonialism, Renaissance, Enlightenment
- altitudehigh altitude, low altitude, cruising altitude, flight level, sea level
- body movementsflexion, bend, twist, standing, extension
- rise and shineCheerful wake-up call
- rise aboveOvercome by staying superior
- rise and fallCyclical upward-downward movement
- rise upRebel collectively against power
- rising starEmerging person of promise
- rise to the occasionSucceed when challenged
arise, rising, arising, rises, uprising, risen, arises, riser, arisen