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ascending

[uh-sen-ding] / əˈsɛn dɪŋ /
ADJECTIVE
rising
Synonyms
STRONGEST
climbing growing increasing soaring spiraling surging
STRONG
advancing emerging mounting skyrocketing
WEAK
going up upsurging
ADJECTIVE
arising
Synonyms
STRONGEST
climbing mounting rising soaring
STRONG
awakening waking waking up
WEAK
ascendant assurgent
ADJECTIVE
soaring
Synonyms
STRONGEST
climbing lofty steep towering
STRONG
aerial elevated flying
WEAK
going through the ceiling going through the roof high-reaching sky-high
Antonyms
STRONG
ground
ADJECTIVE
uphill
Synonyms
STRONGEST
skyward
STRONG
climbing mounting rising uprising
WEAK
acclivous sloping upward toward summit up
Antonyms
WEAK
downhill easy facile
ADVERB
upward
Synonyms
STRONGEST
higher skyward uphill
WEAK
above antrorse greater lofty
Antonyms
WEAK
downward
NOUN
ascent
Synonyms
STRONGEST
ascendance ascension climb
STRONG
climbing lift mounting rise rising scaling spring
WEAK
blastoff clambering launch takeoff
Antonyms
WEAK
descent landing lowering

Example Sentences

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Andy Grove worked at Intel for almost 20 years before ascending to CEO in 1987, becoming one of our greatest immigrant success stories along the way.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 25, 2026

"Mogging", for example, means being better looking than another man, and "ascending" is becoming better looking.

From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026

Note the back-to-back doji candles on March 16-17 that started the pivot in a bullish ascending triangle pattern, which was broken out at $75,000 on April 14.

From Barron's • Apr. 22, 2026

“The ServiceNow terminal value is actually ascending as evidenced by the RPO,” he said.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 22, 2026

While Hermann Muller’s scientific work was ascending to its zenith in Texas, his personal life was falling apart.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee