uprise

Rise in revolt

To uprise is to rise up—literally or figuratively.

The sun uprises at dawn.

A people may uprise against tyranny.

The word is literary and somewhat archaic, largely replaced by *rise* or *rise up* in contemporary speech.

The noun uprise means an ascent or an uprising: the uprise of revolutionary spirit.

rebellion

insurrection

Violent uprising against authority

coup · overthrow · sedition · resistance · revolution · protest · dissent · defiance · riot · guerrilla

ascend

climb

Ascend using effort

  • soarAscend to heights
  • mountClimb up or steed
  • liftMechanism for vertical transport

elevate · ascend · skyward · upward · levitate · float · ascension · uplift · upsurge · upthrust

surge

swell

Increase in size

boom · increase · growth · escalation · influx · expansion · intensify · proliferation · burst · amplification

awakening

consciousness

State of sentient awareness

awareness · epiphany · revelation · insight · satori · illumination · clarity · recognition · emergence · stirring

Opposites
vertical movement

uprisefall

Descend under gravity

descend · drop · plunge · sink · decline

social/political action

uprisesubmit

Present for consideration

submission · surrender · capitulate · yield · comply

body position/posture

upriselie down

Assume a horizontal position

recline · sleep · rest · settle · sit down

Family

uprising, uprisings, uprises, uprisers

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