American Dictionary

Define dictionary terms easily in our powerful online English dictionary.

Searching for...

No matching words found

Try a different search term or browse the dictionary

Definition rise above in American English

rise above phrasal verb

[transitive] phrasal verb
1

to deal well with a difficult or unpleasant situation

Example

Cara did her best to rise above the shocking news.

Synonyms and related words
1.1

to be morally good enough not to do something bad, especially something that most other people do

Example

He was able to rise above the prejudices of his generation.

Synonyms and related words
2

to be better than other things of the same type

Example

This book clearly rises above the thousands of its competitors.

Synonyms and related words
Definition rise above in American English