raising

/ɹˈeɪzɪŋ/ · 2 syllables

Meaning

adjective

1. increasing in quantity or value
   “a cost-raising increase in the basic wage rate”

noun

1. the event of something being raised upward
   “an elevation of the temperature in the afternoon”
2. the properties acquired as a consequence of the way you were treated as a child
3. helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community
   “they debated whether nature or nurture was more important”

Synonyms for raising

• increasing
• elevation
• lift
• rearing
• nurture
• breeding
• bringing up
• fostering
• fosterage
• upbringing

Words that rhyme with raising

• blazing
• amazing
• grazing
• phrasing
• razing
• appraising
• praising
• blasing
• childraising
• gazing
• glazing
• hazing
• houseraising
• overgrazing
• paraphrasing
• phasing