Main entry: rise, rising, ascension, ascent
Definition: a movement upward
Usage: they cheered the rise of the hot-air balloon
Antonyms: fall
Definition: a movement downward
Main entry: rising
Definition: advancing or becoming higher or greater in degree or value or status
Usage: a rising trend; a rising market
Antonyms: falling
Definition: becoming lower or less in degree or value
Antonyms: down
Definition: being or moving lower in position or less in some value
Antonyms: down, downward, downwardly, downwards
Definition: spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position
Antonyms: down
Definition: away from a more central or a more northerly place
Antonyms: down
Definition: to a lower intensity
Main entry: acclivitous, uphill, rising
Definition: sloping upward
Antonyms: descending
Definition: coming down or downward
Main entry: emerging, rising
Definition: coming to maturity
Usage: the rising generation
Antonyms: past, past times, yesteryear
Definition: the time that has elapsed
Antonyms: present
Definition: temporal sense; intermediate between past and future; now existing or happening or in consideration
Antonyms: past
Definition: earlier than the present time; no longer current
Main entry: rising
Definition: newly come into prominence
Usage: a rising young politician
Antonyms: old
Definition: of long duration; not new
Antonyms: worn
Definition: affected by wear; damaged by long use