rising

1. Advancing or becoming higher or greater in degree or value or status (synset 302496610)
   "a rising trend"; "a rising market"
   similar to: improving, up - getting higher or more vigorous
2. Sloping upward (synset 302494208)
   similar to: ascending - moving or going or growing upward
   same as: acclivitous, uphill
3. Coming to maturity (synset 301737331)
   "the rising generation"
   similar to: future - yet to be or coming
   same as: emerging
4. Newly come into prominence (synset 301647285)
   "a rising young politician"
   similar to: new - not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered

1. A movement upward (synset 107460080)
   "they cheered the rise of the hot-air balloon"
   is a type of: change of location, travel - a movement through space that changes the location of something
   subtypes:

   • climb, climbing, mounting - an event that involves rising to a higher point (as in altitude or temperature or intensity etc.)
   • elevation, lift, raising - the event of something being raised upward
   • heave, heaving - an upward movement (especially a rhythmical rising and falling)
   • liftoff - the initial ascent of a rocket from its launching pad
   • rapid climb, rapid growth, zoom - a rapid rise
   • takeoff - the initial ascent of an airplane as it becomes airborne
   • upheaval, uplift, upthrow, upthrust - (geology) a rise of land to a higher elevation (as in the process of mountain building)
   • uplifting - the rise of something
   same as: ascension, ascent, rise
2. Organized opposition to authority;
   A conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another (synset 100964240)
   is a type of: battle, conflict, struggle - an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals)
   subtypes:

   • insurgence, insurgency - an organized rebellion aimed at overthrowing a constituted government through the use of subversion and armed conflict
   • intifada, intifadah - an uprising by Palestinian Arabs (in both the Gaza Strip and the West Bank) against Israel in the late 1980s and again in 2000
   • mutiny - open rebellion against constituted authority (especially by seamen or soldiers against their officers)
   specific instances:

   • great revolt, peasant's revolt - a widespread rebellion in 1381 against poll taxes and other inequities that oppressed the poorer people of England; suppressed by Richard II
   • indian mutiny, sepoy mutiny - discontent with British administration in India led to numerous mutinies in 1857 and 1858; the revolt was put down after several battles and sieges (notably the siege at Lucknow)
   same as: insurrection, rebellion, revolt, uprising

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