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RISING

Definition:

1. [noun] a movement upward; "they cheered the rise of the hot-air balloon"
   Synonyms: rise, ascent, ascension
   
   
2. [noun] organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another
   Synonyms: rebellion, insurrection, revolt, up
   
   
3. [adjective] advancing or becoming higher or greater in degree or value or status; "a rising trend"; "a rising market"
   
   
4. [adjective] (of a heavenly body) becoming visible above the horizon; "the rising sun"
   
   
5. [adjective] increasing in amount or degree; "rising prices"
   
   
6. [adjective] sloping upward
   Synonyms: acclivitous, uphill
   
   
7. [adjective] coming to maturity; "the rising generation"
   Synonyms: emerging
   
   
8. [adjective] newly come into prominence; "a rising young politician"
   
   

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Related Words:

• climb, climbing, mounting
• elevation, lift, raising
• heave, heaving
• liftoff
• rapid climb, rapid growth, zoom
• takeoff
• upheaval, uplift, upthrow, upthrust
• uplifting
• insurgency, insurgence
• intifada, intifadah
• mutiny
• Peasant's Revolt, Great Revolt
• Indian Mutiny, Sepoy Mutiny

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