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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | rise above |
| Synonyms: | ascend, be above, dominate, exceed, extend above, look down, look over, loom, mount, overlook, overtop, rear, soar, surmount, surpass, top, transcend |
| Main Entry: | ascend |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | go up |
| Synonyms: | arise, climb, escalate, float, fly, lift off, mount, move up, rise, scale, soar, sprout, take off, tower |
| Antonyms: | decline, descend, go down, lower |
| Main Entry: | climax |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | come to top; culminate |
| Synonyms: | accomplish, achieve, break the record, cap, come, come to a head, conclude, content, crown, end, finish, fulfill, hit high spot, orgasm, peak, please, reach a peak, reach the zenith, rise to crescendo, satisfy, succeed, terminate, top, tower |
| Antonyms: | delve, dip, drop, fall off |
| Main Entry: | loom |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | appear, often imposingly |
| Synonyms: | approach, await, be at hand, be coming, be forthcoming, be imminent, be in the cards, be in the wind, be near, become visible, break through, brew, bulk, come forth, come into view, come on, come on the scene, dawn, dominate, emanate, emerge, figure, gather, hang over, hover, impend, impress, issue, lower, make up, menace, mount, near, overhang, overshadow, overtop, portend, rear, rise, seem huge, seem large, show, soar, stand out, take shape, threaten, top, tower |
| Main Entry: | mount |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | climb |
| Synonyms: | arise, ascend, back, bestride, clamber up, climb onto, climb up on, escalade, escalate, get astride, get up on, go up, jump on, lift, rise, scale, soar, tower, up, vault |
| Antonyms: | alight, dismount, fall |
| Main Entry: | outclass |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | surpass |
| Synonyms: | beat, best, better, cap, dominate, eclipse, exceed, excel, go beyond, go one better, improve upon, outdistance, outdo, outhussle, outmatch, outpace, outperform, outplay, outrank, outrival, outrun, outshine, outstrip, pass, put to shame, rise above, surmount, top, tower, win the race |
| Main Entry: | rear |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lift, rise |
| Synonyms: | bring up, elevate, hoist, hold up, jump, leap, loom, pick up, raise, set upright, soar, spring up, support, take up, tower, turn up, uphold, uplift, upraise |
| Notes: | one rears children and raises crops |
| Antonyms: | drop, fall |
| Main Entry: | rise |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | get up; ascend |
| Synonyms: | arise, arouse, aspire, awake, be erect, be located, be situated, blast off, bob up, climb, come up, get out of bed, get steeper, get to one's feet, go uphill, grow, have foundation, levitate, lift, mount, move up, pile out, push up, reach up, rise and shine, rise up, rocket, roll out, rouse, scale, sit up, slope upwards, soar, sprout, stand up, straighten up, surface, surge, surmount, sweep upward, tower, turn out, up*, upspring |
| Notes: | to raise is 'to bring something up'; to rise is 'to get up' |
| Antonyms: | descend, lower |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | rocket |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | shoot up |
| Synonyms: | ascend, climb, escalate, go through the ceiling, grow, lift, rise, sail, skyrocket, soar, take off, tower, zoom |
| Notes: | the term for a combustible or explosive or pyrotechnic ('pertaining to fire art') projectile was 'rocket' until fireworks was used in 1777 to describe these in connection with the first Fourth of July celebration. 'Rockets' are still the most popular form of firework. Rockets are lifted by recoil from the jet of fire created by the burning ingredients - and they are designed for maximum combustion and maximum thrust. Fireworks originated in ancient China. The word firecracker refers to those that make loud sounds and sparklers are those that send off a shower of sparks. a missile is a whole vehicle ready for launching; a rocket is a type of engine that powers a missile |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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