Raising Synonyms and Antonyms

Call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. stirring
  2. kindling
  3. evoking
  4. provoking
  5. wakening
  6. firing
  7. arousing
  8. rousing
  9. enkindling
  10. awakening
  11. invoking
  12. eliciting
  13. awaking
  14. conjuring
To put forward (a topic) for discussion
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. mooting
  2. introducing
  3. broaching
Give a promotion to or assign to a higher position
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. putting
  2. elevating
  3. advancing
  4. posing
  5. asking
  6. upgrading
  7. promoting
  8. suggesting
Raise from a lower to a higher position
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. elevating
  2. promoting
  3. upgrading
  4. honoring
  5. dignifying
  6. jumping
  7. lifting
  8. exalting
  9. advancing
Antonyms:
  1. lowering
To take care of and educate (a child)
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. rearing
To increase markedly in level or intensity, especially of sound
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. heightening
  2. elevating
  3. amplifying
Cause to puff up with a leaven
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. proving
  2. upraising
  3. resurrecting
  4. leavening
Helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. rearing
  2. nurture
  3. breeding
  4. bringing-up
  5. fostering
  6. fosterage
  7. upbringing
To move to a higher position; elevate:
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. lifting
To put forward for consideration:
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. broaching
The event of something being raised upward
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. elevation
  2. lift

Words Related to Raising

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Raising Sentence Examples

  • Talon responded by raising her arm to his mouth.

  • You certainly did a fine job raising her.

  • A cold chill crept up her spine, raising the hair on the back of her neck.

  • Please, she whispered, raising her head to see him.

  • The Ouray Rescue Squad held an annual fund raising breakfast each Fourth of July, enabling the Deans to share an early meal of eggs, sausage, and fixings in the company of friends and neighbors.

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