go up

1. 1.

   move upward

   “The fog lifted”

   “The smoke arose from the forest fire”

   “The mist uprose from the meadows”

   Synonymsriseliftarisemove upcome upuprise

   Broadertravel

   Narrowerscendclimbsoargo uprocketbubbleupliftchandellesteamrise
2. 2.

   increase in value or to a higher point

   “prices climbed steeply”

   “the value of our house rose sharply last year”

   Synonymsriseclimb

   Broadergrow

   Narrowersoarbull
3. 3.

   move towards

   “We were approaching our destination”

   “They are drawing near”

   “The enemy army came nearer and nearer”

   Synonymsapproachnearcome ondraw neardraw closecome near

   Broadercome

   Narrowerdrive upbear down onedge inclosepush
4. 4.

   be erected, built, or constructed

   “New buildings are going up everywhere”

   Broaderrise
5. 5.

   go upward with gradual or continuous progress

   “Did you ever climb up the hill behind your house?”

   Synonymsclimbclimb upmount

   Broaderrise

   Narrowerscaleescaladerampmountaineerride
6. 6.

   burn completely; be consumed or destroyed by fire

   “The hut burned down”

   “The mountain of paper went up in flames”

   Synonymsburn downburn up

   Broaderburn

   Narrowerincinerate
7. 7.

   travel up

   “We ascended the mountain”

   “go up a ladder”

   “The mountaineers slowly ascended the steep slope”

   Synonymsascend

   Broadertravel

   Narrowersurfaceuprise

Questions about go up

What does go up mean?

go up means "move upward". That is the primary sense; the word has 7 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for go up?

Close synonyms include rise, lift, arise, move up, come 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.

Is go up a common word?

go up is banded "Core" — among the few thousand words that carry most english. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.