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. Ross Norman:

   Fed will not be tempted to rock the boat in terms of the recovery which is gathering some momentum. Raising rates or discussion on tapering would probably be counterproductive at this stage.

2. Ron Miller:

   Early challenges for entrepreneurs will be that it will require a true pioneer to be the first to step out and take advantage of these new rules. That means, that the individual entrepreneurs who are early adopters will have to figure out the successful and unsuccessful tactics to employ when raising capital from a crowd.

3. Jill Castle:

   Raising a healthy eater is an 18-year job.

4. Matthew Myers:

   Raising the tobacco age to 21 is a positive step, but it is not a substitute for prohibiting the flavored e-cigarettes that are luring and addicting our kids, to reverse the e-cigarette epidemic, policy makers must prohibit flavored e-cigarettes and can not be limited by what the tobacco industry says is acceptable.

5. Andrew Bleeker:

   That was how little people understood, it wasn't until we started to produce metrics that people understood that people took us seriously. So raising money was the first big one. We raised $87 million in 2004. And then people said, all right. Digital. Got it.