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climb

Nouns

• (n) an upward slope or grade (as in a road)
  • the car couldn't make it up the rise
  acclivity, ascent, upgrade, raise, rise,
• (n) an event that involves rising to a higher point (as in altitude or temperature or intensity etc.) climbing, mounting,
• (n) the act of climbing something
  • it was a difficult climb to the top
  mount,

Verbs

• (v) go upward with gradual or continuous progress
  • Did you ever climb up the hill behind your house?
  climb up, go up, mount,
• (v) move with difficulty, by grasping
• (v) go up or advance
  • Sales were climbing after prices were lowered
  mount, wax, rise,
• (v) slope upward
  • The path climbed all the way to the top of the hill
• (v) improve one's social status
  • This young man knows how to climb the social ladder
• (v) increase in value or to a higher point
  • prices climbed steeply
  • the value of our house rose sharply last year
  go up, rise,

Synonyms

climb up go up mount acclivity ascent upgrade raise rise climbing mounting wax

Antonyms

declivity downslope declination declension decline fall descent wane

See also

bestride climb on hop on jump on mount up get on mount climb down alight

Words of close approximity