Synonyms for raising
rais·ing

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1. elevation, lift, raisingnoun

   the event of something being raised upward

   "an elevation of the temperature in the afternoon"; "a raising of the land resulting from volcanic activity"

   Synonyms:
   upbringing, fosterage, rise, height, rhytidectomy, fostering, aggrandisement, aggrandizement, aerodynamic lift, peak, elevation, lift, airlift, face lift, rearing, nurture, bringing up, nip and tuck, ski tow, natural elevation, tiptop, cosmetic surgery, heave, rhytidoplasty, meridian, breeding, acme, raise, pinnacle, ski lift, elevator, top, superlative, facelift, summit, face lifting, altitude

   Antonyms:
   decreasing

2. raising, rearing, nurturenoun

   the properties acquired as a consequence of the way you were treated as a child

   Synonyms:
   nurture, fostering, lift, rearing, breeding, bringing up, upbringing, fosterage, elevation

   Antonyms:
   decreasing

3. breeding, bringing up, fostering, fosterage, nurture, raising, rearing, upbringingadjective

   helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community

   "they debated whether nature or nurture was more important"

   Synonyms:
   rearing, education, breeding, fostering, nurture, facts of life, gentility, upbringing, training, bringing up, elevation, procreation, lift, fosterage, reproduction, genteelness

   Antonyms:
   decreasing

4. raisingadjective

   increasing in quantity or value

   "a cost-raising increase in the basic wage rate"

   Antonyms:
   decreasing

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1. • Rise
   • Upbringing

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1. raisingnoun

   Synonyms:
   uplifting, lifting, elevation, hoisting, erection, rearing, exaltation, elevation, propagation, growing, cultivation

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1. List of paraphrases for "raising":

   raise, increase, increasing, lifting, upbringing, enhance, lift, collection, rearing, enhancing, improving, lifted, improve, advancement, collecting, increased, rising

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1. John Lewis:

   I can bear witness that the portrait painted of that time and place in our history is very real, it's seared in my memory, black men and women, our brothers and sisters, treated as second class citizens, threatened for raising their families or earning a living, beaten and sometimes killed for the crime of trying to live a life with dignity. Our nation bears the scars of that time, as do I.

2. Frederick Smith:

   Leaders get out in front and stay there by raising the standards by which they judge themselves - and by which they are willing to be judged.

3. Tayyip Erdogan:

   Turkey is staging a democratic revolution, with the presidential system, Turkey is seriously raising the bar, rising above the level of contemporary civilizations.

4. Mislav Matejka:

   We think that it is more likely that we will be raising our year-end targets, rather than reducing them, as we move through the summer.

5. Quincy Krosby:

   Most likely, there will be more volatility in the market and part of the reason is oil prices and the worry that somehow the price of oil is a reflection of inflation and deflation, the lower goes, the more it is a deflationary barometer. The lower it goes, the more difficulty the Fed has raising rates.