'Uprising' definitions:
Definition of 'uprising'
(from WordNet)
noun
Organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another [syn: rebellion, insurrection, revolt, rising, uprising]
Definition of 'Uprising'
From: GCIDE
- Uprising \Up*ris"ing\, n.
- 1. Act of rising; also, a steep place; an ascent. "The steep uprising of the hill." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. An insurrection; a popular revolt. --J. P. Peters. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'uprising'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abruptness,
- acclinate,
- acclivitous,
- acclivity,
- anabasis,
- anabatic,
- ascendant,
- ascending,
- ascension,
- ascensional,
- ascensive,
- ascent,
- civil disorder,
- clamber,
- climb,
- climbing,
- coup d'etat,
- elevation,
- emeute,
- escalade,
- fountain,
- general uprising,
- gradient,
- gush,
- gyring up,
- in the ascendant,
- increase,
- insurgence,
- insurgency,
- insurrection,
- jacquerie,
- jet,
- jump,
- leap,
- leaping,
- levee en masse,
- levitation,
- mount,
- mounting,
- mutiny,
- outbreak,
- peasant revolt,
- precipitousness,
- putsch,
- rampant,
- rearing,
- rebellion,
- revolt,
- revolution,
- riot,
- rise,
- rising,
- rising ground,
- rocketing up,
- saltation,
- saltatory,
- scandent,
- scansorial,
- shooting up,
- skyrocketing,
- soaring,
- spiraling,
- spout,
- spring,
- springing,
- spurt,
- steepness,
- surge,
- takeoff,
- taking off,
- uparching,
- upclimb,
- upcoming,
- updraft,
- upgang,
- upgo,
- upgoing,
- upgrade,
- upgrowth,
- uphill,
- uphillward,
- upleap,
- uplift,
- upping,
- uprisal,
- uprise,
- uprush,
- upshoot,
- upslope,
- upsloping,
- upsurge,
- upsurgence,
- upsweep,
- upswing,
- upward,
- upwith,
- vault,
- vertical height,
- verticalness,
- zooming