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Definitions

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

From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026

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

From MarketWatch • Apr. 22, 2026

Ternus joined as a mechanical engineer in 2001, before ascending to the leadership team in 2013.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026

A bullish ascending triangle pattern has taken shape.

From Barron's • Apr. 13, 2026

Secretly, I dreamed of ascending Everest myself one day; for more than a decade it remained a burning ambition.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer

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