| rise | (noun) the act of changing location in an upward direction | Synonyms: ascending, ascension, ascent |
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| (noun) increase in price or value | Synonyms: advance |
| (noun) the property possessed by a slope or surface that rises | Synonyms: rising slope, upgrade |
| (noun) the amount a salary is increased | Synonyms: hike, raise, salary increase, wage hike, wage increase |
| (noun) an increase in cost | Synonyms: boost, cost increase, hike |
| (noun) a growth in strength or number or importance | - |
| (noun) a wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground | Synonyms: lift |
| (noun) a movement upward; rise above the ground | Synonyms: ascension, ascent, rising |
| (noun) (theology) the origination of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost | Synonyms: emanation, procession |
| (noun) an upward slope or grade (as in a road) | Synonyms: acclivity, ascent, climb, raise, upgrade |
| (verb) return from the dead | Synonyms: resurrect, uprise |
| (verb) get up and out of bed | Synonyms: arise, get up, turn out, uprise |
| (verb) increase in value or to a higher point | Synonyms: climb, go up |
| (verb) become more extreme | Synonyms: heighten |
| (verb) go up or advance | Synonyms: climb, mount, wax |
| (verb) rise in rank or status | Synonyms: climb up, jump |
| (verb) exert oneself to meet a challenge | - |
| (verb) become heartened or elated | - |
| (verb) move upward | Synonyms: arise, come up, go up, lift, move up, uprise |
| (verb) increase in volume | Synonyms: prove |
| (verb) come to the surface | Synonyms: come up, rise up, surface |
| (verb) rise to one's feet | Synonyms: arise, get up, stand up, uprise |
| (verb) move to a better position in life or to a better job | Synonyms: ascend, move up |
| (verb) come up, of celestial bodies | Synonyms: ascend, come up, uprise |
| (verb) take part in a rebellion; renounce a former allegiance | Synonyms: arise, rebel, rise up |
| (verb) rise up | Synonyms: lift, rear |
| (verb) come into existence; take on form or shape | Synonyms: arise, develop, grow, originate, spring up, uprise |
| risen | (adjective) (of e.g. celestial bodies) above the horizon | - |
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| riser | (noun) structural member consisting of the vertical part of a stair or step | - |
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| (noun) a vertical pipe in a building | Synonyms: riser main, riser pipe, riser pipeline |
| (noun) a person who rises (especially from bed) | - |
| risibility | (noun) a disposition to laugh | - |
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| risible | (adjective) arousing or provoking laughter | Synonyms: amusing, comic, comical, funny, laughable, mirthful |
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| rising | (adjective) advancing or becoming higher or greater in degree or value or status | - |
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| (adjective) sloping upward | Synonyms: acclivitous, uphill |
| (adjective) coming to maturity | Synonyms: emerging |
| (adjective) newly come into prominence | - |
| (noun) organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another | Synonyms: insurrection, rebellion, revolt, uprising |
| (noun) a movement upward; rise above the ground | Synonyms: ascension, ascent, rise |
| risk | (noun) a venture undertaken without regard to possible loss or injury | Synonyms: danger, peril |
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| (noun) the probability of being exposed to an infectious agent | Synonyms: risk of exposure |
| (noun) the probability of becoming infected given that exposure to an infectious agent has occurred | Synonyms: risk of infection |
| (noun) a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune | Synonyms: endangerment, hazard, jeopardy, peril |
| (verb) expose to a chance of loss or damage | Synonyms: lay on the line, put on the line |
| (verb) take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome | Synonyms: adventure, chance, gamble, hazard, run a risk, take a chance, take chances |
| riskily | (adverb) in a dangerously risky manner | - |
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| riskiness | (noun) a state of danger involving risk | Synonyms: peril |
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| riskless | (adjective) thought to be devoid of risk | Synonyms: risk-free, unhazardous |
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| risklessness | (noun) safety as a consequence of entailing no risk | - |
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| risky | (adjective) involving risk or danger | Synonyms: hazardous, wild |
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| (adjective) not financially safe or secure | Synonyms: bad, high-risk, speculative |
| risotto | (noun) rice cooked with broth and sprinkled with grated cheese | Synonyms: Italian rice |
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| risque | (adjective) suggestive of sexual impropriety | Synonyms: blue, gamey, gamy, juicy, naughty, racy, spicy |
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| rissole | (noun) minced cooked meat or fish coated in egg and breadcrumbs and fried in deep fat | - |
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