👶 To bring up ⬆️ To increase 🗣️ To bring up ✋ To lift 💰 A pay increase 🧟 To bring back 🃏 To increase bet 🏗️ To build 🏆 To promote 📡 To contact 🍞 To make rise 🃏 A higher bet ⬆️ A lift 🔤 To change sound ⛰️ An upward slope

to raise

∞ 1.4

To care for and help a child, animal, or plant grow

verb
/reɪz/

: criar

I'll love my wife with all of me, and I will raise my son to be the best man he can be.
raise children
born and raised
raise a family

She's the one who raises that Serpent King.

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Examples

They love their sons and they raise their daughters.

etthehiphoppreacher
You raised me to believe that love is worth fighting for.

Maybe I Do (2023)
Basically the parents who raise you help you get your first job right.

andrew gold | heretics.
Your mother and I, we raised you better than that.

Fall (2022)
At six months old, parents give up their kids to be raised by the Program.

Tin Soldier (2025)
Children were raised in communities, without the nuclear family structure that is so popular here.

Captain Faggotron Saves the Universe (2023)
Parents of multiracial children should raise them as individuals without concern as to how they identify themselves.

Academic text (2013)
Since the early 1980s, lesbians and gay men have been raising children in increasing numbers.

Academic text (2011)
It felt like being a parent and having to raise your child and stepping away.
My parents worked hard to raise me with strong values and a love of learning.

Synonyms

to grow

vsto raise

801 1.0

Plant and care for crops or plants for food

covers people and animals as well as plants, not only cultivation

to nurture

vsto raise

155 3.5

To care for and encourage someone or something to grow

focuses on general care to help growth, not only encouragement

to bring up

vsto raise

129 2.5

Care for and teach a child until they become an adult

emphasizes general growth and care rather than teaching or education

to rear

vsto raise

23 3.4

To care for a child until they become an adult

does not limit care to children and includes animals and plants

to parent

vsto raise

22 2.0

To raise and care for a child until they become an adult

also applies to animals and plants, not only children

Antonyms

to abandon

773 3.1

Leave someone or something behind permanently and without care

neglect

100 3.5

Not caring for someone or something that needs care

Idioms

to raise hell

NSFW

15 7.9

Behave loudly and angrily to cause trouble

to raise a glass

9 3.7

Hold up a drink with others to celebrate someone or something

to raise the dead

9 9.9

Make a dead person alive again using magic or other power

to raise an eyebrow

9 4.5

To show surprise or doubt by lifting one eyebrow

to raise eyebrows

5 4.2

Make people feel surprised, shocked, or disapproving because something is unusual

to raise the spectre

4 7.7

To say that something bad might happen

to raise a stink

2 7.4

To complain loudly and make people notice the problem

to raise Cain

Informal

1 8.6

To make a noisy public protest

to raise the roof

Informal

1 8.0

Get very angry and shout loudly

to raise hackles

1 7.9

To make someone angry or upset

to raise someone's spirits

1 3.4

Help someone feel happier

to raise a snifter

8.8

Lift a small brandy glass to make a toast

to raise a libation

9.9

Offer a drink in a ceremony to honor someone or a god

to raise a middle finger

Offensive

8.3

To show anger or insult someone by lifting the middle finger

to raise one's hands in victory

3.4

Lift both arms above your head to show you have won

to raise to the purple

Archaic

9.9

To reach a very high position, often as a king or queen

to whistle for a raise

Informal

9.8

Expect to get something that is very unlikely, for example more pay

Phrasal Verbs

to raise awareness

37 3.5

To help more people know about a problem or cause

to raise the issue

22 3.7

To bring up a topic or problem for discussion

to raise the bar

16 4.0

To set a higher standard that others must reach

to raise the stakes

14 4.9

An action that increases the risk and possible reward in a situation

to raise one's hand

9 1.6

Lift your hand to show you want to speak or ask a question

to raise suspicion

7 4.6

Make people doubt someone or something

to raise up

7 2.1

To lift something or someone to a higher place

to raise one's voice

5 3.4

Speak more loudly, often because you are angry or want to be heard

to raise the rent

5 3.7

To increase the amount of money someone pays to live in a place

to raise red flag

3 4.6

To signal that there may be a problem or danger

to raise a toast

3 3.9

To make a short speech and drink to honor someone or something

to raise the flag

1 5.1

To tell people about an idea or problem to see how they react

to push for a raise

3.5

To ask firmly for more pay from your boss

to raise the line

6.3

Make standards or expectations higher

How Nurturing

to pamper

42 3.7

to nurture

155 3.5

to raise

∞ 1.4

to bring up

129 2.5

to care for

347 1.0

to look after

472 1.1

Surface Forms

raise infinitive

raised past

raised past participle

raising present participle

raises third person singular

Etymology

Raise comes from an old word meaning 'to lift or bring up', the same idea you see in rear, so to raise a child is to 'bring them up' and help them grow.