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uprising

noun · verb · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈʌpˌɹaɪzɪŋ/
  • General-American, Received-Pronunciation: [ˈʌpˌɹwaɪ̯zɪŋ]
  • British, Southern, Standard: /ˈʌpˌɹɑjzɪŋ/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Australian: /ˈɐpˌɹɑezɪŋ/
  • New-Zealand: /ˈɐpˌɹɑezəŋ/
  • Scotland, Wales: /ˈʌpˌɾaɪzɪŋ/
  • Midlands, Northern-England: /ˈʊpˌɹaɪzɪŋ/
  • CMU ARPABET: AH0 P R AY1 Z IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: AH1 P R AY2 Z IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A popular revolt that attempts to overthrow a government or its policies; an insurgency or insurrection.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

present participle and gerund of uprise

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: rebellion, insurrection, revolt, rising

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: conflict, struggle, battle

Narrower terms: insurgency, insurgence, intifada, intifadah, mutiny, Peasant's Revolt, Great Revolt, Indian Mutiny, Sepoy Mutiny

History

Etymology

By surface analysis, uprise + -ing.

Across languages

Translations

129 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: opstand — a popular revolt
  • Albanian: kryengritje — a popular revolt
  • Arabic: ثَوْرَة (ṯawra) — a popular revolt
  • Arabic: عِصْيَان (ʕiṣyān) — a popular revolt
  • Arabic: تَمَرُّد (tamarrud) — a popular revolt
  • Arabic: فِتْنَة (fitna) — a popular revolt
  • Armenian: ապստամբություն (apstambutʻyun) — a popular revolt
  • Azerbaijani: üsyan — a popular revolt
  • Azerbaijani: qiyam — a popular revolt
  • Bashkir: ихтилал (ixtilal) — a popular revolt
  • Bashkir: баш күтәреү (baş kütərew) — a popular revolt
  • Bashkir: күтәрелеш (kütəreleş) — a popular revolt
  • Belarusian: паўста́нне (pawstánnje) — a popular revolt
  • Bengali: বিদ্রোহ (bidrōho) — a popular revolt
  • Bengali: উত্থান (utthan) — a popular revolt
  • Bulgarian: въста́ние (vǎstánie) — a popular revolt
  • Burmese: အရေးတော်ပုံ (a.re:taupum) — a popular revolt
  • Chinese Mandarin: 起義 /起义 (qǐyì) — a popular revolt
  • Chinese Mandarin: 暴動 /暴动 (bàodòng) — a popular revolt
  • Chinese Mandarin: 造反 (zàofǎn) — a popular revolt
  • Chinese Mandarin: 反亂 /反乱 (fǎnluàn) — a popular revolt
  • Czech: povstání — a popular revolt
  • Danish: opstand — a popular revolt
  • Danish: oprør — a popular revolt
  • Dutch: opstand — a popular revolt
  • Estonian: ülestõus — a popular revolt
  • Estonian: mäss — a popular revolt
  • Finnish: kansannousu — a popular revolt
  • Finnish: kapina — a popular revolt
  • French: révolte — a popular revolt
  • Georgian: აჯანყება (aǯanq̇eba) — a popular revolt
  • Georgian: ამბოხი (amboxi) — a popular revolt
  • Georgian: ამბოხება (amboxeba) — a popular revolt
  • German: Aufstand — a popular revolt
  • German: Aufruhr — a popular revolt
  • Greek: εξέγερση (exégersi) — a popular revolt
  • Hebrew: מֶרֶד (méred) — a popular revolt
  • Hebrew: הִתְקוֹמְמוּת (hitkomemut) — a popular revolt
  • Hindi: विद्रोह (vidroh) — a popular revolt
  • Hindi: क्रांति (krānti) — a popular revolt
  • Hindi: विप्लव (viplav) — a popular revolt
  • Hindi: बग़ावत (baġāvat) — a popular revolt
  • Hungarian: felkelés — a popular revolt
  • Hungarian: lázadás — a popular revolt
  • Icelandic: uppreisn — a popular revolt
  • Italian: rivolta — a popular revolt
  • Japanese: 暴動 (bōdō) — a popular revolt
  • Japanese: 反乱 (hanran) — a popular revolt
  • Kazakh: көтеріліс (köterılıs) — a popular revolt
  • Khmer: កុបកម្ម (kopaʼkam) — a popular revolt
  • Khmer: បដិសម្បហារ (paʼdesɑmpaʼhaa) — a popular revolt
  • Korean: 폭동 (pokdong) — a popular revolt
  • Korean: 반란 (ballan) — a popular revolt
  • Northern Kurdish: serhildan — a popular revolt
  • Northern Kurdish: tuxyan — a popular revolt
  • Kyrgyz: көтөрүлүш (kötörülüş) — a popular revolt
  • Lao: ກະບົດ (ka bot) — a popular revolt
  • Lao: ຂີ້ກະບົດ (khī ka bot) — a popular revolt
  • Lao: ການປະຕິວັດ (kān pa ti vat) — a popular revolt
  • Latvian: sacelšanās — a popular revolt
  • Lithuanian: sukilimas — a popular revolt
  • Lithuanian: maištas — a popular revolt
  • Macedonian: востание (vostanie) — a popular revolt
  • Malay: berontak — a popular revolt
  • Malay: rusuhan — a popular revolt
  • Malay: pemberontakan — a popular revolt
  • Malay: kebangkitan — a popular revolt
  • Malayalam: ലഹള (lahaḷa) — a popular revolt
  • Malayalam: ജനകീയപ്രക്ഷോഭം (janakīyaprakṣōbhaṁ) — a popular revolt
  • Māori: whananga — a popular revolt
  • Mongolian: бослого (boslogo) — a popular revolt
  • Mongolian: ᠪᠣᠰᠤᠯᠭ᠎ᠠ (bosulɣ-a) — a popular revolt
  • Norwegian Bokmål: oppstand — a popular revolt
  • Norwegian Bokmål: opprør — a popular revolt
  • Pashto: شورش (šoréš) — a popular revolt
  • Pashto: عصيان (osyãn) — a popular revolt
  • Pashto: قيام (qeyãm) — a popular revolt
  • Pashto: طغيان (toǧyãn) — a popular revolt
  • Persian: قیام (qiyâm) — a popular revolt
  • Persian: خیزش (xizeš) — a popular revolt
  • Persian: شورش (šureš) — a popular revolt
  • Persian: عصیان ('osyân) — a popular revolt
  • Polish: powstanie — a popular revolt
  • Portuguese: levante — a popular revolt
  • Portuguese: revolta — a popular revolt
  • Romanian: răscoală — a popular revolt
  • Romanian: revoltă — a popular revolt
  • Russian: восста́ние (vosstánije) — a popular revolt
  • Russian: мяте́ж (mjatéž) — a popular revolt
  • Russian: бунт (bunt) — a popular revolt
  • Serbo-Croatian: у̀станак — a popular revolt
  • Serbo-Croatian: ùstanak — a popular revolt
  • Slovak: povstanie — a popular revolt
  • Slovene: vstaja — a popular revolt
  • Slovene: upor — a popular revolt
  • Spanish: levantamiento — a popular revolt
  • Spanish: revuelta — a popular revolt
  • Spanish: sublevación — a popular revolt
  • Spanish: insurrección — a popular revolt
  • Spanish: sublevamiento — a popular revolt
  • Spanish: soliviadura — a popular revolt
  • Swedish: uppror — a popular revolt
  • Swedish: resning — a popular revolt
  • Tajik: қиём (qiyom) — a popular revolt
  • Tajik: туғён (tuġyon) — a popular revolt
  • Tajik: шуриш (šuriš) — a popular revolt
  • Tajik: исён (isyon) — a popular revolt
  • Tatar: ихтилал (ixtilal) — a popular revolt
  • Tatar: күтәрелеш (kütäreleş) — a popular revolt
  • Thai: การจลาจล (gaan-jà-laa-jon) — a popular revolt
  • Thai: การปฏิวัติ (gaan-bpà-dtì-wát) — a popular revolt
  • Thai: จลาจล (jà-laa-jon) — a popular revolt
  • Thai: การกบฏ (gaan-gà-bòt) — a popular revolt
  • Tibetan: ངོ་རྒོལ་སྒེར་ལངས (ngo rgol sger langs) — a popular revolt
  • Turkish: isyan — a popular revolt
  • Turkish: ayaklanma — a popular revolt
  • Turkish: başkaldırma — a popular revolt
  • Turkmen: gozgalaň — a popular revolt
  • Ukrainian: повста́ння (povstánnja) — a popular revolt
  • Urdu: بغاوت (baġāvat) — a popular revolt
  • Urdu: شورش (śūriś) — a popular revolt
  • Uyghur: ئىختىلال (ixtilal) — a popular revolt
  • Uyghur: غەلىيان (gheliyan) — a popular revolt
  • Uzbek: qoʻzgʻolon — a popular revolt
  • Uzbek: gʻalayon — a popular revolt
  • Uzbek: isyon — a popular revolt
  • Vietnamese: nổi dậy — a popular revolt
  • Vietnamese: khởi nghĩa — a popular revolt
  • Yiddish: אויפֿשטאַנד (oyfshtand) — a popular revolt
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