arise

1. 1.

   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”

   Synonymsoriginaterisedevelopuprisespring upgrow

   Broaderbecome

   Narrowerresurgecome forthcomewell uphead
2. 2.

   originate or come into being

   “a question arose”

   Synonymscome upbob up

   Broaderbecome
3. 3.

   rise to one's feet

   “The audience got up and applauded”

   Synonymsriseupriseget upstand up

   Antonymssit downlie down

   Broaderchange posture

   Narrowertake the floor
4. 4.

   result or issue

   “A slight unpleasantness arose from this discussion”

   Synonymscome up

   Broaderhappen

   Narrowercondenseopencome up
5. 5.

   move upward

   “The fog lifted”

   “The smoke arose from the forest fire”

   “The mist uprose from the meadows”

   Synonymsriseliftmove upgo upcome upuprise

   Broadertravel

   Narrowerscendclimbsoargo uprocketbubbleupliftchandellesteamrise
6. 6.

   take part in a rebellion; renounce a former allegiance

   Synonymsrebelriserise up

   Broaderprotest

   Narrowerrevoltmutiny
7. 7.

   get up and out of bed

   “I get up at 7 A.M. every day”

   “They rose early”

   “He uprose at night”

   Synonymsget upturn outupriserise

Other forms of arise

past tense or participle

arisen

past tense or participle

arose

present participle

arising·

third person

arises·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about arise

What does arise mean?

arise means "come into existence; take on form or shape". That is the primary sense; the word has 7 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in arise?

arise has 2 syllables: a-rise. The stress falls on "rise". In IPA it is /ɚˈaɪz/.

What is another word for arise?

Close synonyms include originate, rise, develop, uprise, spring up. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of arise?

The recorded antonyms are sit down, lie down.

Is arise a common word?

arise is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with arise?

34 words rhyme with arise. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.