dictionary | A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z |
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Sounds | rey'z |
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Rhymes | ablaze, Activase, always, and 53 more rhymes in eyz at the HyperDic website... |
Meaning | The amount a salary is increased. |
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Examples | "he got a 3% raise" |
Synonyms | rise, wage hike, hike, wage increase, salary increase |
Broader | increase, increment |
Verbs | raise |
Meaning | An upward slope or grade (as in a road). |
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Synonyms | ascent, acclivity, rise, climb, upgrade |
Narrower | uphill |
Broader | slope, incline, side |
Contrary | descent, declivity, fall, decline, declination, declension, downslope |
Verbs | raise |
Meaning | Increasing the size of a bet (as in poker). |
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Examples | "I'll see your raise and double it" |
Category | poker, poker game |
Narrower | doubling, double |
Broader | gamble |
Verbs | raise |
Meaning | The act of raising something. |
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Examples | "fireman learn several different raises for getting ladders up" |
Synonyms | lift, heave |
Broader | propulsion, actuation |
Verbs | raise; raise |
Meaning | Raise the level or amount of something. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Examples | "raise my salary"; "raise the price of bread" |
Narrower | bump up |
Broader | increase |
Nouns | raise |
Meaning | Raise from a lower to a higher position. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody PP; Somebody ----s something PP |
Model | The men raise the chairs |
Examples | "Raise your hands" |
Synonyms | lift, elevate, get up, bring up |
Cause to | rise, lift, arise, move up, go up, come up, uprise |
Narrower | get up; jack, jack up; shoulder; kick up; hoist, lift, wind; trice, trice up; hoist, run up; hoist; pump; levitate; underlay; skid; pinnacle; chin, chin up; raise, leaven, prove; heighten; hike, hike up, boost; pick up, lift up, gather up; rear, erect |
Broader | move, displace |
Contrary | lower, take down, let down, get down, bring down |
Nouns | raise; raise |
Meaning | Cause to be heard or known. Express or utter. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Examples | "raise a shout"; "raise a protest"; "raise a sad cry" |
Narrower | call up, bring forward |
Broader | express, verbalize, verbalise, utter, give tongue to |
Meaning | Collect funds for a specific purpose. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Model | They raise the money |
Examples | "The President raised several million dollars for his college" |
Narrower | fund-raise, fund raise, fundraise |
Broader | collect, take in |
Meaning | Cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
Model | They raise the animals |
Examples | "We raise hogs here" |
Synonyms | grow, farm, produce |
Category | farming, agriculture, husbandry |
Narrower | carry; overproduce; keep |
Broader | cultivate |
Nouns | raiser |
Meaning | Bring up. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody |
Examples | "raise a family" |
Synonyms | rear, bring up, nurture, parent |
Cause to | grow up |
Narrower | fledge; cradle; foster |
Nouns | raising |
Meaning | Evoke or call forth, with or as if by magic. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
Examples | "raise the specter of unemployment" |
Synonyms | conjure, conjure up, invoke, evoke, stir, call down, arouse, bring up, put forward, call forth |
Narrower | curse, beshrew, damn, bedamn, anathemize, anathemise, imprecate, maledict; bless |
Broader | make, create |
Similar to | provoke, evoke, call forth, kick up |
Meaning | Move upwards. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Synonyms | lift |
Cause to | rise, lift, arise, move up, go up, come up, uprise |
Broader | move, displace |
Nouns | raising; raise |
Meaning | Construct, build, or erect. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Examples | "Raise a barn" |
Synonyms | erect, rear, set up, put up |
Category | construction, building |
Broader | construct, build, make |
Contrary | level, raze, rase, dismantle, tear down, take down, pull down |
Meaning | Call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses). |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Examples | "raise a smile" |
Synonyms | arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, provoke |
Narrower | strike a chord, touch a chord; invite, ask for; draw; rekindle; infatuate; prick; inflame, stir up, wake, ignite, heat, fire up; stimulate, shake, shake up, excite, stir; excite; anger; upset, discompose, untune, disconcert, discomfit; shame; hurt, wound, injure, bruise, offend, spite; overwhelm, overpower, sweep over, whelm, overcome, overtake; interest |
Broader | make, create |
Meaning | Create a disturbance, especially by making a great noise. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Examples | "raise hell"; "raise the roof"; "raise Cain" |
Broader | make, create |
Meaning | Raise in rank or condition. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody |
Synonyms | lift, elevate |
Narrower | dignify; exalt |
Broader | change, alter, modify |
Meaning | Increase. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
Synonyms | enhance, heighten |
Narrower | potentiate |
Broader | intensify, compound, heighten, deepen |
Meaning | Give a promotion to or assign to a higher position. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody |
Synonyms | promote, upgrade, advance, kick upstairs, elevate |
Narrower | tenure; bring up; spot promote; ennoble, gentle, entitle; prefer, favor, favour; brevet |
Broader | delegate, designate, depute, assign |
Contrary | demote, bump, relegate, break, kick downstairs |
Meaning | Cause to puff up with a leaven. |
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Pattern | Something ----s something |
Model | They raise more bread |
Synonyms | leaven, prove |
Cause to | rise, prove |
Broader | raise, lift, elevate, get up, bring up |
Meaning | In bridge: bid (one's partner's suit) at a higher level. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Broader | bid, call |
Nouns | raise; raiser |
Meaning | Bet more than the previous player. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody |
Category | card game, cards |
Broader | bet, wager, play |
Meaning | Cause to assemble or enlist in the military. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody |
Examples | "raise an army" |
Synonyms | recruit, levy |
Broader | enlist, draft, muster in |
Meaning | Put forward for consideration or discussion. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something |
Examples | "raise the question of promotions" |
Synonyms | bring up |
Broader | mention, advert, bring up, cite, name, refer |
Meaning | Pronounce (vowels) by bringing the tongue closer to the roof of the mouth. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Examples | "raise your `o'" |
Broader | pronounce, articulate, enounce, sound out, enunciate, say |
Meaning | Activate or stir up. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
Examples | "raise a mutiny" |
Broader | incite, instigate, set off, stir up |
Meaning | Establish radio communications with. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody |
Examples | "They managed to raise Hanoi last night" |
Category | radio, radiocommunication, wireless |
Broader | reach, get through, get hold of, contact |
Meaning | Multiply (a number) by itself a specified number of times: 8 is 2 raised to the power 3. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Category | arithmetic |
Broader | multiply |
Meaning | Bring (a surface, a design, etc.) into relief and cause to project. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
Examples | "raised edges" |
Broader | bring out, set off |
Meaning | Invigorate or heighten. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
Synonyms | lift |
Broader | better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate |
Meaning | Put an end to. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
Examples | "raise a siege" |
Synonyms | lift |
Broader | end, terminate |
Meaning | Cause to become alive again. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody |
Examples | "raise from the dead" |
Synonyms | resurrect, upraise |
Broader | resuscitate, revive |
Similar to | resurrect, rise, uprise |