Antonyms of verb arise

1 of 7 senses of arise

Sense 3
arise, rise, uprise, get up, stand up -- (rise to one's feet; "The audience got up and applauded")
       Antonym of sit down (Sense 1)
      => sit down, sit -- (take a seat)
       Antonym of lie down (Sense 1)
      => lie down, lie -- (assume a reclining position; "lie down on the bed until you feel better")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb arise

7 senses of arise

Sense 1
originate, arise, rise, develop, uprise, spring up, grow -- (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")
       => become -- (come into existence; "What becomes has duration")

Sense 2
arise, come up, bob up -- (originate or come into being; "a question arose")
       => become -- (come into existence; "What becomes has duration")

Sense 3
arise, rise, uprise, get up, stand up -- (rise to one's feet; "The audience got up and applauded")
       => change posture -- (undergo a change in bodily posture)

Sense 4
arise, come up -- (result or issue; "A slight unpleasantness arose from this discussion")
       => happen, hap, go on, pass off, occur, pass, fall out, come about, take place -- (come to pass; "What is happening?"; "The meeting took place off without an incidence"; "Nothing occurred that seemed important")

Sense 5
rise, lift, arise, move up, go up, come up, uprise -- (move upward; "The fog lifted"; "The smoke arose from the forest fire"; "The mist uprose from the meadows")
       => travel, go, move, locomote -- (change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast")

Sense 6
rebel, arise, rise, rise up -- (take part in a rebellion; renounce a former allegiance)
       => protest, resist, dissent -- (express opposition through action or words; "dissent to the laws of the country")

Sense 7
get up, turn out, arise, uprise, rise -- (get up and out of bed; "I get up at 7 A.M. every day"; "They rose early"; "He uprose at night")

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