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rising has 10 distinct synonyms spread across 4 of its 6 senses. Each sense below keeps its own list, because a synonym belongs to a meaning and not to a word: swapping one sense's substitute into another sense's sentence is how a thesaurus makes writing worse. Its one recorded opposite is falling.
Counts are distinct word forms across every sense. A synonym that appears under three senses is counted once here and shown three times below, under each sense it belongs to.
advancing or becoming higher or greater in degree or value or status
“a rising trend”
sloping upward
1 of the 6 recorded senses carries no synonym, antonym or related term, so it is not shown above. Every sense, with its definition and examples, is on the full entry for rising.
Synonyms, antonyms and the broader and narrower relations for rising come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Full sources and licences.
organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another