rising

An attempt by a group of people to fight against a government or those in power.

• The army stopped the rising.
• Farmers joined a rising against the government.
• Several risings followed the increase in taxes.

How to use it: a rising against someone/something (The rising against the king spread across the country.)

Similar words: uprising, rebellion, revolt

Common phrases: armed rising, popular rising, peasant rising

The act of moving upward or becoming higher.

• We watched the rising of the moon.
• The rising of the water worried the villagers.
• The gentle rising and falling of the boat made her sleepy.

How to use it: the rising of something (The rising of the river forced us to leave.)

Similar words: rise, ascent

Opposites: falling, descent

Common phrases: rising of water, rising of the sun, rising and falling

Moving upward or becoming greater in amount, level, or rate.

• Rising prices worry many families.
• The rising sun lit the mountains.
• We left the village because of rising water levels.

Similar words: increasing, growing, ascending

Opposites: falling, decreasing

Common phrases: rising prices, rising costs, rising water, rising demand

About to enter the next school or college year after completing the previous one.

• She is a rising senior.
• The summer program welcomes rising juniors.
• Rising sixth graders can visit their new school in June.

Common phrases: rising senior, rising junior, rising sophomore, rising fifth grader

Shown with raised wings and feet touching the ground, as if about to fly, in a coat of arms.

• The shield shows an eagle rising.
• A rising falcon appears above the helmet.
• The rising bird has both wings raised.

Similar words: rousant, surgerant

Common phrases: eagle rising, falcon rising, rising bird