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rise
noun as in increase, improvement
Strongest matches
acceleration, advance, ascent, boost, climb, growth, hike, increment, inflation, progress, surge, upsurge, upswing, upturn
Strong matches
accession, accretion, addition, advancement, aggrandizement, augmentation, breakthrough, distention, doubling, enlargement, heightening, intensification, intensifying, markup, multiplication, promotion, raise, step-up, swell, upgrade, waxing
Weak matches
noun as in movement upward; upward slope
verb as in get up; ascend
verb as in increase, grow
Strongest matches
accelerate, advance, ascend, build, climb, double, expand, go up, improve, lift, move up, multiply, pick up, raise, soar, swell
verb as in progress in business
Strongest match
Weak matches
be elevated, be promoted, better oneself, climb the ladder, get on, get somewhere, go places, work one's way up
verb as in become apparent
Example Sentences
After years of riding a wellness wave, they’ve suddenly found themselves squeezed between rising costs and a jittery consumer.
In what would normally be the ultraviolet region, the spectrum showed a very steep rise.
Producers in France see a rise in sales around December, as people shell out to have the treat during Christmas and New Year's Day celebrations.
The government floated the idea of an economically efficient income-tax rise in the run-up to the budget, and the bond market loved it.
But as temperatures rise, icebergs and thick chunks of centuries-old ice are released into open water, turning shipping straits into minefields.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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