rising
     adj 1: advancing or becoming higher or greater in degree or value
            or status; "a rising trend"; "a rising market" [ant: {falling}]
     2: (of a heavenly body) becoming visible above the horizon;
        "the rising sun" [ant: {setting}]
     3: increasing in amount or degree; "rising prices"
     4: sloping upward [syn: {acclivitous}, {uphill}]
     5: coming to maturity; "the rising generation" [syn: {emerging}]
     6: newly come into prominence; "a rising young politician"
     n 1: a movement upward; "they cheered the rise of the hot-air
          balloon" [syn: {rise}, {ascent}, {ascension}] [ant: {fall}]
     2: organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one
        faction tries to wrest control from another [syn: {rebellion},
         {insurrection}, {revolt}, {uprising}]
Source: WordNet® 2.0