Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun uprising

1 sense of uprising

Sense 1
rebellion, insurrection, revolt, rising, uprising -- (organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another)
       => conflict, struggle, battle -- (an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals); "the harder the conflict the more glorious the triumph"--Thomas Paine; "police tried to control the battle between the pro- and anti-abortion mobs")

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

8 senses of uprise

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
uprise -- (ascend as a sound; "The choirs singing uprose and filled the church")
       => ascend, go up -- (travel up, "We ascended the mountain"; "go up a ladder"; "The mountaineers slowly ascended the steep slope")

Sense 3
bristle, uprise, stand up -- (rise up as in fear; "The dog's fur bristled"; "It was a sight to make one's hair uprise!")

Sense 4
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 5
rise, come up, uprise, ascend -- (come up, of celestial bodies; "The sun also rises"; "The sun uprising sees the dusk night fled..."; "Jupiter ascends")
       => 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")

Sense 6
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 7
resurrect, rise, uprise -- (return from the dead; "Christ is risen!"; "The dead are to uprise")
       => return -- (go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before; "return to your native land"; "the professor returned to his teaching position after serving as Dean")

Sense 8
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")