upswelling
Welling up beneath
Upswelling describes something rising or surging upward from below, whether literally or figuratively.
Ocean upswelling brings cold, nutrient-rich water from the depths to the surface.
The word also captures emotional or psychological experiences: an upswelling of grief, an upswelling of national pride.
As both noun and adjective, it emphasizes the force and volume of what rises, suggesting something that cannot be contained.
Sudden powerful increase
- wellingRising to overflow
- overflowExceed capacity and spill
- outpouringCopious, spontaneous release
- rushQuick sudden movement
flood · rising · wave · tide · groundswell · stirring · upwelling · gush
Molten rock underground
- lavaErupted liquid stone
- mantleCovering or wrap
- volcanicOf fiery mountain origin
- moltenLiquefied by extreme heat
geothermal · tectonic · plume · hotspot · eruption · convection · lithosphere · asthenosphere
Change in position
- groundswellGrowing public sentiment
- momentumProduct of mass, velocity
- grassrootsCommon people as political base
- uprisingOrganized resistance to power
tide · wave · surge · awakening · mobilization · sentiment · outcry · fervor
Deep water rising surfaceward
- currentDirected flow of charge
- nutrient-richContaining abundant nourishment
- planktonDrifting marine microlife
- thermoclineRapid temperature-change layer
deep water · cold water · coastal · phytoplankton · marine · ocean · productivity · fisheries
surge
Sudden powerful increase
- wellingRising to overflow
- overflowExceed capacity and spill
- outpouringCopious, spontaneous release
rush · flood · rising · wave · tide · groundswell · stirring · upwelling · gush · bubbling
magma
Molten rock underground
molten · geothermal · tectonic · plume · hotspot · eruption · convection · lithosphere · asthenosphere · rising
movement
Change in position
- groundswellGrowing public sentiment
- momentumProduct of mass, velocity
- grassrootsCommon people as political base
uprising · tide · wave · surge · awakening · mobilization · sentiment · outcry · fervor · populism
upwelling
Deep water rising surfaceward
- currentDirected flow of charge
- nutrient-richContaining abundant nourishment
- planktonDrifting marine microlife
thermocline · deep water · cold water · coastal · phytoplankton · marine · ocean · productivity · fisheries · divergence
upswellingsinking
Falling through water
downwelling · descending · subsiding · falling · dropping
upswellingsinking
Falling through water
subduction · submerging · engulfment · submersion · submergence
swell, swollen, swelling, swelled, swells, upsurge, upsurging, upsurges, upswell