n.

1. a growth in strength or number or importance
2. the act of changing location in an upward direction;
   ascent, ascension, ascending
3. an upward slope or grade (as in a road);
   ascent, acclivity, raise, climb, upgrade
   
   • the car couldn't make it up the rise
4. a movement upward;
   rising, ascent, ascension
   
   • they cheered the rise of the hot-air balloon
5. the amount a salary is increased;
   raise, wage hike, hike, wage increase, salary increase
   
   • he got a 3% raise
   • he got a wage hike
6. the property possessed by a slope or surface that rises;
   upgrade, rising slope
7. a wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground;
   lift
8. (theology) the origination of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost;
   emanation, procession
   
   • the emanation of the Holy Spirit
   • the rising of the Holy Ghost
   • the doctrine of the procession of the Holy Spirit from the Father and the Son
9. an increase in cost;
   boost, hike, cost increase
   
   • they asked for a 10% rise in rates
10. increase in price or value;
    advance
    
    • the news caused a general advance on the stock market

v.

1. move upward;
   lift, arise, move up, go up, come up, uprise
   
   • The fog lifted
   • The smoke arose from the forest fire
   • The mist uprose from the meadows
2. increase in value or to a higher point;
   go up, climb
   
   • prices climbed steeply
   • the value of our house rose sharply last year
3. rise to one's feet;
   arise, uprise, get up, stand up
   
   • The audience got up and applauded
4. rise up;
   lift, rear
   
   • The building rose before them
5. come to the surface;
   surface, come up, rise up
6. become more extreme;
   heighten
   
   • The tension heightened
7. come into existence; take on form or shape;
   originate, arise, develop, uprise, spring up, grow
   
   • 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
8. be promoted, move to a better position;
   move up
9. go up or advance;
   wax, mount, climb
   
   • Sales were climbing after prices were lowered
10. get up and out of bed;
    get up, turn out, arise, uprise
    
    • I get up at 7 A.M. every day
    • They rose early
    • He uprose at night
11. rise in rank or status;
    jump, climb up
    
    • Her new novel jumped high on the bestseller list
12. increase in volume;
    prove
    
    • the dough rose slowly in the warm room
13. become heartened or elated
    
    • Her spirits rose when she heard the good news
14. exert oneself to meet a challenge
    
    • rise to a challenge
    • rise to the occasion
15. take part in a rebellion; renounce a former allegiance;
    rebel, arise, rise up
16. come up, of celestial bodies;
    come up, uprise, ascend
    
    • The sun also rises
    • The sun uprising sees the dusk night fled...
    • Jupiter ascends
17. return from the dead;
    resurrect, uprise
    
    • Christ is risen!
    • The dead are to uprise