upsurging
Moving forcefully upward
Upsurging describes something rising or swelling upward with force—typically emotions, movements, or natural phenomena.
An upsurging tide lifts boats in the harbor.
Upsurging anger builds toward confrontation.
The word emphasizes the upward momentum of the surge: upsurging demand for housing, upsurging crowds pressing toward the stage.
Increase in scope
- proliferationRapid increase in quantity
- boomLoud deep sound
- flourishingProspering vigorously
- blossomingBeginning to flower
development · advancement · progression · spurt · augmentation · multiplication · amplification · accumulation
Organized resistance to power
- insurrectionViolent uprising against authority
- revoltOrganized resistance to power
- revolutionViolent governmental overthrow
- resistanceCapacity to withstand force
mutiny · protest · dissent · defiance · unrest · agitation · groundswell · mobilization
Ocean's cyclical swell
- swellIncrease in size
- tsunamiSeismic sea surge
- billowSwell outward with air
- currentDirected flow of charge
groundswell · tidal · flood · torrent · deluge · inundation · cascade
Break apart suddenly
- eruptionViolent sudden release
- outburstSudden emotional release
- explosiveProne to sudden detonation
- flashBrief burst of light
jolt · rapid · swift · abrupt · precipitous · instantaneous · meteoric · accelerated
Sudden important advance
- dawnDay's first glow
- emergenceComing into existence
- materializationComing into tangible existence
- manifestationOutward display of something
appearance · unfolding · advent · outbreak · sprouting · budding · awakening · reemergence
ascend
Move upward
elevate · lift · escalate · swell · heighten · upswing · ascension · upward · increase · uplift
expansion
Increase in scope
- proliferationRapid increase in quantity
- boomLoud deep sound
- flourishingProspering vigorously
blossoming · development · advancement · progression · spurt · augmentation · multiplication · amplification · accumulation · swelling
uprising
Organized resistance to power
- insurrectionViolent uprising against authority
- revoltOrganized resistance to power
- revolutionViolent governmental overthrow
resistance · mutiny · protest · dissent · defiance · unrest · agitation · groundswell · mobilization · ferment
tide
Ocean's cyclical swell
current · groundswell · tidal · flood · torrent · deluge · inundation · cascade
burst
Break apart suddenly
flash · jolt · rapid · swift · abrupt · precipitous · instantaneous · meteoric · accelerated · spontaneous
breakthrough
Sudden important advance
- dawnDay's first glow
- emergenceComing into existence
- materializationComing into tangible existence
manifestation · appearance · unfolding · advent · outbreak · sprouting · budding · awakening · reemergence
upsurgingsinking
Falling through water
plunging · descending · falling · plummeting · dropping
upsurgingdiminishing
Becoming progressively less
decreasing · dwindling · declining · waning · fading
surge, insurgent, surging, upsurge, resurgence, surged, resurgent, insurgency, insurgence