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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"

lift, rise, go up, come up, ascend, move up

v. move upward; "The fog lifted"; "The smoke arose from the forest fire"; "The mist uprose from the meadows"

rise, rebel, arise, resist forcefully, renounce allegiance

v. take part in a rebellion; renounce a former allegiance

Adverbs (3)

up, upward, upwards

adv. spatially, temporally, or metaphorically up :"Look up!" "Let's move the date up"; "The music surged up"

Adjectives (12)

adj. used up; "time is up"

adj. (used of computers) operating properly; "how soon will the computers be up?"

adj. open; "the windows are up"

adj. being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level; "the anchor is up"; "the sun is up"; "he lay face up"; "he is up by a pawn"; "the market is up"; "the corn is up"

up, improving

adj. getting higher or more vigorous; "its an up market"; "an improving economy"

up, astir, out of bed

adj. out of bed; "are they astir yet?"; "up by seven each morning"

up, upbound, upward

adj. extending or moving toward a higher place; "the up staircase"; "a general upward movement of fish"

Fuzzynyms (195)

jump, leap

n. a sudden and decisive increase; "a jump in attendance"

rise, ascent, ascension

n. a movement upward; "they cheered the rise of the hot-air balloon"

surge, billow

n. a large sea wave

march

n. a steady advance; "the march of science"; "the march of time"

development

n. act of improving by expanding or enlarging or refining; "he congratulated them on their development of a plan to meet the emergency"; "they funded research and development"

gradient

n. the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the horizontal; "a five-degree gradient"

escalation

n. an increase to counteract a perceived discrepancy; "higher wages caused an escalation of prices"; "there was a gradual escalation of hostilities"

jump, leap

n. a sudden and decisive increase; "a jump in attendance"

emergence, growth

n. the gradual beginning or coming forth; "figurines presage the emergence of sculpture in Greece"

rise

n. a growth in strength or number or importance

surge, billow

n. a large sea wave

elevation, natural elevation

n. a raised or elevated geological formation

hill, hills

n. a local and well-defined elevation of the land; "they loved to roam the hills of West Virginia"

mount, mountain

n. a land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill

bank

n. a long ridge or pile; "a huge bank of earth"

ridge

n. a long narrow natural elevation or striation

mound, hammock, knoll, hillock, hummock

n. a small natural hill

promontory, headland, foreland

n. a natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea)

progress, build, work up, build up, form steadily

v. form or accumulate steadily; "Resistance to the manager's plan built up quickly"; "Pressure is building up at the Indian-Pakistani border"

worsen, aggravate, exacerbate, exasperate, make worse

v. make worse; "This drug aggravates the pain"

extend, widen, broaden

v. extend in scope or range or area; "The law was extended to all citizens"; "widen the range of applications"; "broaden your horizon"; "Extend your backyard"

burgeon

v. grow and flourish; "The burgeoning administration"; "The burgeoning population"

rocket, skyrocket

v. shoot up abruptly, like a rocket; "prices skyrocketed"

enhance

v. make better or more attractive; "This sauce will enhance the flavor of the meat"

intensify, escalate, step up

v. increase in extent or intensity; "The Allies escalated the bombing"

rise, arise, develop, originate, spring up

lift, raise, get up, bring up, elevate

v. raise from a lower to a higher position; "Raise your hands"; "Lift a load"

progress, build, work up, build up, form steadily

v. form or accumulate steadily; "Resistance to the manager's plan built up quickly"; "Pressure is building up at the Indian-Pakistani border"

intensify, escalate, step up

v. increase in extent or intensity; "The Allies escalated the bombing"

increase

v. become bigger or greater in amount; "The amount of work increased"

increase

v. make bigger or more; "The boss finally increased her salary"; "The university increased the number of students it admitted"

lift, raise, elevate

v. raise in rank or condition; "The new law lifted many people from poverty"

progress, build, work up, build up, form steadily

v. form or accumulate steadily; "Resistance to the manager's plan built up quickly"; "Pressure is building up at the Indian-Pakistani border"

level, even, even out, make straight, make level

v. make level or straight; "level the ground"

wake, awake, awaken, waken, come alive, wake up

v. stop sleeping; "She woke up to the sound of the alarm clock"

awaken, waken, wake up, arouse

v. cause to become awake or conscious; "He was roused by the drunken men in the street"; "Please wake me at 6 AM."

dawn, become light, grow light

v. become light; "It started to dawn, and we had to get up"

appear, seem

v. come into sight or view; "He suddenly appeared at the wedding"; "A new star appeared on the horizon"

start, begin, commence, set about, set out, start out

v. take the first step or steps in carrying out an action; "We began working at dawn"; "Who will start?"; "Get working as soon as the sun rises!"; "The first tourists began to arrive in Cambodia"; "He began early in the day"; "Let's get down to work now"

start, begin, commence, cause to start, set in motion

v. set in motion, cause to start; "The U.S. started a war in the Middle East"; "The Iraqis began hostilities"; "begin a new chapter in your life"

emerge

v. become known or apparent; "Some nice results emerged from the study"

hit, strike

v. deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument; "He hit her hard in the face"

stretch, stretch out, unfold

v. extend or stretch out to a greater or the full length; "Unfold the newspaper"; "stretch out that piece of cloth"; "extend the TV antenna"

issue, come out, emerge, come forth

v. come out of; "Water issued from the hole in the wall"; "The words seemed to come out by themselves"

result, ensue

v. issue or terminate (in a specified way, state, etc.); end; "result in tragedy"

halt, stem, stanch, staunch

v. from the flow of liquid, like blood, from a wound.

rise, climb, go up

v. increase in value or to a higher point; "prices climbed steeply"; "the value of our house rose sharply last year"

lift, raise, get up, bring up, elevate

v. raise from a lower to a higher position; "Raise your hands"; "Lift a load"

scale

v. climb up by means of a ladder

clamber, scramble, struggle, skin, shin, sputter, shinny

v. climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling

scale, surmount

v. reach the highest point of; "We scaled the Mont Blanc"

come through, succeed

v. attain success or reach a desired goal; "The enterprise succeeded"; "We succeeded in getting tickets to the show"; "she struggled to overcome her handicap and won"

spread, broadcast, propagate, circulate, disperse, circularize, circularise, distribute, disseminate, diffuse, pass around

v. cause to become widely known; "spread information"; "circulate a rumor"; "broadcast the news"

spiral, coil, gyrate

v. to wind or move in a spiral course; "the muscles and nerves of his fine drawn body were coiling for action"; "black smoke coiling up into the sky"; "the young people gyrated on the dance floor"

mount, get on, bestride, mount up, climb on, hop on, jump on

v. get on the back of; "mount a horse"

twiddle, twirl, whirl, swirl

v. turn in a twisting or spinning motion; "The leaves swirled in the autumn wind"

whirl, purl, eddy, whirlpool, swirl, gurge

v. flow in a circular current, of liquids

twine, grow upward

v. grow upward

spin, twirl, whirl, birl

v. cause to spin; "spin a coin"

tumble, whirl, skirl, whirl around

v. fly around; "The clothes tumbled in the dryer"; "rising smoke whirled in the air"

spiral, corkscrew

v. move in a spiral or zigzag course

renounce, repudiate

v. cast off or disown; "She renounced her husband"; "The parents repudiated their son"

failing

adj. below acceptable in performance; "received failing grades"

Synonyms (49)

come, come up

v. move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody; "He came singing down the road"; "Come with me to the Casbah"; "come down here!"; "come out of the closet!"; "come into the room"

rise, surface, come up, rise up

v. come to the surface

rise, straighten

v. get up from a sitting or slouching position; "The students straightened when the teacher entered"

come, come up

over, completed, terminated, concluded, ended, all over

adj. having come or been brought to a conclusion; "the harvesting was complete"; "the affair is over, ended, finished"; "the abruptly terminated interview"

done, through, through with

adj. having finished or arrived at completion; "certain to make history before he's done"; "it's a done deed"; "after the treatment, the patient is through except for follow-up"; "almost through with his studies"

through with, done with

adj. having no further concern with; "he was through with school and he was through with family"- John Dos Passos; "done with gambling"; "done with drinking"

running, working, operative, functional

adj. (of e.g. a machine) performing or capable of performing; "in running (or working) order"; "a functional set of brakes"

elevated

adj. raised above the ground; "an elevated platform"

upraised, lifted

adj. held up in the air; "stood with arms upraised"; "her upraised flag"

ascending

adj. moving or going or growing upward; "the ascending plane"; "the ascending staircase"; "the ascending stems of chickweed"

high

adj. (literal meaning) being at or having a relatively great or specific elevation or upward extension (sometimes used in combinations like `knee-high'); "a high mountain"; "high ceilings"; "high buildings"; "a high forehead"; "a high incline"; "a foot high"

bull

adj. characterized by rising prices: "a bull market"

emerging

adj. coming to maturity; "the rising generation"

insomniac, sleepless, wakeful

adj. experiencing or accompanied by sleeplessness; "insomniac old people"; "insomniac nights"; "lay sleepless all night"; "twenty watchful, weary, tedious nights"- Shakespeare

unsleeping, wide-awake

adj. fully awake; "the unsleeping city"; "so excited she was wide-awake all night"

waking

adj. marked by full consciousness or alertness; "worked every moment of my waking hours"

uphill, acclivitous, upward-sloping

adj. sloping upward

ascendant, ascendent, ascensive

adj. tending or directed upward; "rooted and ascendant strength like that of foliage"- John Ruskin

assurgent

adj. growing or extending upward; "an assurgent stem or leaf"

assurgent

adj. rising from the sea; "a seahorse assurgent"

climbing, scandent

adj. used especially of plants; having a tendency to climb; "plants of a creeping or scandent nature"

soaring

adj. "a soaring eagle"

Antonyms (58)

fall, downfall

n. a sudden decline in strength or number or importance; "the fall of the House of Hapsburg"

reduction, decrease, diminution, step-down

n. the act of decreasing or reducing something

decrease, decrement

n. the amount by which something decreases

decrease, decrement

n. the amount by which something decreases

fall, descent, declivity, decline, downslope

n. a downward slope or bend

decrease, lessen, make smaller, minify

v. make smaller; "He decreased his staff"

set, go down, go under

v. disappear beyond the horizon; "the sun sets early these days"

drop, sink, drop down

v. fall or drop to a lower place or level; "He sank to his knees"

wane

v. become smaller; "Interest in his novels waned"

fall, decrease, diminish, lessen

v. decrease in size, extent, or range; "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fall to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper"

sit, sit down

v. take a seat

lie, lie down

v. assume a reclining position; "lie down on the bed until you feel better"

sink, settle, go down, go under

v. go under, "The raft sank and its occupants drowned"

sink, descend into some soft substance

v. descend into or as if into some soft substance or place; "He sank into bed"; "She subsided into the chair"

flop, fall suddenly

v. fall suddenly and abruptly

drop, fall vertically

v. to fall vertically; "the bombs are dropping on enemy targets"

fell, drop, cut down, strike down

v. cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow; "strike down a tree"; "Lightning struck down the hikers"

plunk, dive, plunge

v. drop steeply; "the stock market plunged"

tumble, topple

v. fall down, as if collapsing; "The tower of the World Trade Center tumbled after the plane hit it"

assume, take over, usurp, arrogate

v. seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession; "He assumed to himself the right to fill all positions in the town"; "he usurped my rights"; "She seized control of the throne after her husband died"

down

adj. being or moving lower in position or less in some value; "lay face down"; "the moon is down"; "our team is down by a run"; "down by a pawn"; "the stock market is down today"

rise up

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