uprise

Verbs

  • (v) come into existence; take on form or shape
    • A new religious movement originated in that country
    • a love that sprang up from friendship
    • the idea for the book grew out of a short story
    • An interesting phenomenon uprose
    arise, originate, spring up, develop, grow, rise,
  • (v) ascend as a sound
    • The choirs singing uprose and filled the church
  • (v) rise up as in fear
    • The dog's fur bristled
    • It was a sight to make one's hair uprise!
    bristle, stand up,
  • (v) rise to one's feet
    • The audience got up and applauded
    get up, stand up, arise, rise,
  • (v) come up, of celestial bodies
    • The sun also rises
    • The sun uprising sees the dusk night fled...
    • Jupiter ascends
    ascend, come up, rise,
  • (v) move upward
    • The fog lifted
    • The smoke arose from the forest fire
    • The mist uprose from the meadows
    go up, rise, move up, lift, arise, come up,
  • (v) return from the dead
    • Christ is risen!
    • The dead are to uprise
    resurrect, rise,
  • (v) get up and out of bed
    • I get up at 7 A.M. every day
    • They rose early
    • He uprose at night
    get up, arise, rise, turn out,

Synonyms

arise originate spring up develop grow rise bristle stand up get up ascend come up go up move up lift resurrect turn out

Antonyms

sit down sit lie down lie go under go down set come down descend fall crawl in go to bed go to sleep hit the hay hit the sack kip down sack out turn in bed retire

See also

rise up surface come up rise

Words of close approximity