shoot up

• POS: Verb (usu participle), Verb (transitive)

THESAURUS

shoot up

accrue, accumulate, advance, appreciate, balloon, bloat, blossom, bob up, boom, break water, breed, brew, bristle up, broaden, bud, burgeon, burst forth, cock up, crescendo, develop, extrude, float up, flourish, fly up, fountain, gain, gain strength, gather, gemmate, germinate, get ahead, go up, grow, grow rank, grow up, gush, hypertrophy, increase, intensify, jet, jump up, jut out, leaf, leaf out, leap up, leave, luxuriate, mainline, mature, mount, multiply, mushroom, outgrow, overdevelop, overgrow, overrun, overtop, poke out, pop up, procreate, project, proliferate, protrude, protuberate, pullulate, put forth, put forth leaves, put out buds, reproduce, riot, rise, rise up, rocket, root, run up, shoot, shoot out, skyrocket, snowball, soar, spread, spring up, sprout, sprout up, spurt, stand out, start up, stick out, stick up, strengthen, strike root, surface, swell, take root, thrive, tower, upgrow, upleap, uprise, upshoot, upspear, upspring, upsprout, upstart, vault up, vegetate, wax, widen

ROGET THESAURUS

shoot up

Increase

VB increase, augment, add to, enlarge, dilate, grow, wax, get ahead, gain strength, advance, run up, shoot up, rise, ascend, sprout, aggrandize, raise, exalt, deepen, heighten, strengthen, intensify, enhance, magnify, redouble, aggravate, exaggerate, exasperate, exacerbate, add fuel to the flame, oleum addere camino, superadd, spread.

Convexity

VB be prominent, project, bulge, protrude, pout, bouge, bunch, jut out, stand out, stick out, poke out, stick up, bristle up, start up, cock up, shoot up, swell over, hang over, bend over, beetle, render prominent, raise, emboss, chase, belly out.

Ascent

VB ascend, rise, mount, arise, uprise, go up, get up, work one's way up, start up, shoot up, go into orbit, float up, bubble up, aspire, climb, clamber, ramp, scramble, escalade, surmount, shin, shinny, shinney, scale, scale the heights, raise, elevate, go aloft, fly aloft, tower, soar, take off, spring up, pop up, jump up, catapult upwards, explode upwards, hover, spire, plane, swim, float, surge, leap.