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climbing

ADJECTIVE
arising
Synonyms
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ascending mounting rising soaring
STRONG
awakening waking waking up
WEAK
ascendant assurgent
ADJECTIVE
rising
Synonyms
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ascending growing increasing soaring spiraling surging
STRONG
advancing emerging mounting skyrocketing
WEAK
going up upsurging
ADJECTIVE
ambitious
Synonyms
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aggressive determined earnest energetic enthusiastic resourceful
WEAK
anxious ardent aspiring avid ball of fire bent upon come on come on strong designing desirous driving eager eager beaver enterprising fireball get up and go go-getter goal-oriented hard ball high-reaching hopeful hungry industrious inspired intent longing power-loving purposeful pushing pushy self-starting sharp soaring striving thirsty vaulting zealous
Antonyms
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lethargic unenthusiastic
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content easy facile fulfilled satisfied unassuming
ADJECTIVE
creeping
Synonyms
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spreading
STRONG
clinging horizontal prostrate reptilian trailing
WEAK
growing along the ground procumbent recumbent reptant serpentine stoloniferous vermicular vinelike
Antonyms
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upright vertical
WEAK
standing
ADJECTIVE
moving
Synonyms
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changing shifting
STRONG
advancing evolving flying going jumping progressing roaming roving running traversing walking
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motile movable nomadic portable unfixed unstable unsteadfast unsteady
Antonyms
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fixed immobile permanent stationary unmoving
ADJECTIVE
soaring
Synonyms
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lofty steep towering
STRONG
aerial ascending elevated flying
WEAK
going through the ceiling going through the roof high-reaching sky-high
Antonyms
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ground
ADJECTIVE
up-and-coming
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promising
WEAK
ambitious coming on strong determined eager enterprising get up and go go-getter high-reaching hungry soaring striving succeeding
ADJECTIVE
uphill
Synonyms
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skyward
STRONG
ascending mounting rising uprising
WEAK
acclivous sloping upward toward summit up
Antonyms
WEAK
downhill easy facile
NOUN
ascension
Synonyms
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ascent
STRONG
flying mounting rise rising scaling soaring
WEAK
escalating towering
Antonyms
WEAK
declension decline descendancy
NOUN
ascent
Synonyms
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ascendance ascension climb
STRONG
ascending lift mounting rise rising scaling spring
WEAK
blastoff clambering launch takeoff
Antonyms
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descent landing lowering
NOUN
mountain climbing
Synonyms
STRONGEST
mountaineering rock climbing
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alpinism bouldering scaling

Example Sentences

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They started climbing that July amid worries about Middle East tensions, then soared as Iraq invaded Kuwait.

From MarketWatch • May 11, 2026

"He's just crazy, he's always running around, climbing over things and jumping off stuff," O'Connor said.

From BBC • May 11, 2026

Each was a career politician who spent decades laboriously climbing the government rungs before being elected governor.

From Los Angeles Times • May 10, 2026

Ultimately however, investors across the board will be mostly interested in how retailers see their consumers holding up as gas prices keep climbing across the country.

From Barron's • May 7, 2026

The ramp they were climbing sloped up to one of the ramparts, which they quickly carried May along, desperately looking for a way back down to the courtyard.

From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley