English noun: rising tide | |||
| 1. | rising tide (event) the occurrence of incoming water (between a low tide and the following high tide) | ||
| Samples | A tide in the affairs of men which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune. | ||
| Synonyms | flood, flood tide | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | tide | ||
| Antonyms | ebbtide | ||