Definition of raise

Scrabble & Words with friends points

• raise is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 5
• raise is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 5
• raise is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 5

Definition of raise

• call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses) (verb)

  Examples

  1. raise a smile

  Synonyms

  1. arouse
  2. elicit
  3. enkindle
  4. evoke
  5. fire
  6. kindle
  7. provoke
• summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic (verb)

  Examples

  1. raise the specter of unemployment

  Synonyms

  1. arouse
  2. bring up
  3. call down
  4. call forth
  5. conjure
  6. conjure up
  7. evoke
  8. invoke
  9. put forward
  10. stir
• cause to become alive again (verb)

  Examples

  1. raise from the dead

  Synonyms

  1. resurrect
  2. upraise
• the act of raising something (noun)

  Examples

  1. fireman learn several different raises for getting ladders up

  Synonyms

  1. heave
  2. lift
• cause to puff up with a leaven (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. leaven
  2. prove
• invigorate or heighten (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. lift
• cause to assemble or enlist in the military (verb)

  Examples

  1. raise an army

  Synonyms

  1. levy
  2. recruit
• the amount a salary is increased (noun)

  Examples

  1. he got a 3% raise

  Synonyms

  1. hike
  2. rise
  3. salary increase
  4. wage hike
  5. wage increase
• give a promotion to or assign to a higher position (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. advance
  2. elevate
  3. kick upstairs
  4. promote
  5. upgrade
• an upward slope or grade (as in a road) (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. acclivity
  2. ascent
  3. climb
  4. rise
  5. upgrade
• put an end to (verb)

  Examples

  1. raise a siege

  Synonyms

  1. lift
• put forward for consideration or discussion (verb)

  Examples

  1. raise the question of promotions

  Synonyms

  1. bring up
• raise from a lower to a higher position (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. bring up
  2. elevate
  3. get up
  4. lift
• move upwards (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. lift
• increase (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. enhance
  2. heighten
• cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques (verb)

  Examples

  1. We raise hogs here

  Synonyms

  1. farm
  2. grow
  3. produce
• construct, build, or erect (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. erect
  2. put up
  3. rear
  4. set up
• raise in rank or condition (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. elevate
  2. lift
• look after a child until it is an adult (verb)

  Examples

  1. raise a family

  Synonyms

  1. bring up
  2. nurture
  3. parent
  4. rear
• activate or stir up (verb)

  Examples

  1. raise a mutiny
• bet more than the previous player (verb)
• bid (one's partner's suit) at a higher level (verb)
• bring (a surface or a design) into relief and cause to project (verb)

  Examples

  1. raised edges
• cause to be heard or known; express or utter (verb)

  Examples

  1. raise a shout
  2. raise a protest
  3. raise a sad cry
• collect funds for a specific purpose (verb)

  Examples

  1. The President raised several million dollars for his college
• create a disturbance, especially by making a great noise (verb)

  Examples

  1. raise hell
  2. raise the roof
  3. raise Cain
• establish radio communications with (verb)

  Examples

  1. They managed to raise Hanoi last night
• increasing the size of a bet (as in poker) (noun)

  Examples

  1. I'll see your raise and double it
• multiply (a number) by itself a specified number of times: 8 is 2 raised to the power 3 (verb)
• pronounce (vowels) by bringing the tongue closer to the roof of the mouth (verb)

  Examples

  1. raise your `o'
• raise the level or amount of something (verb)

  Examples

  1. raise my salary
  2. raise the price of bread

See definition of raise in Merriam Webster