Antonyms for ascend
əˈsɛndas·cend

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1. ascendverb

   Antonyms:
   descend

2. ascendverb

   He ascended to heaven upon a cloud.

   Antonyms:
   descend

3. ascendverb

   The road ascends the mountain.

   Antonyms:
   descend

4. ascendverb

   You ascend the stairs and take a right.

   Antonyms:
   descend

5. ascendverb

   She ascended the throne when her mother abdicated.

   Antonyms:
   descend

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1. ascend

   To rise is to move up or upward whether slowly or quickly, whether through the least or greatest distance; the waves rise; the mists rise; the river rises after heavy rains; as said of persons, to rise is to come to an erect position after kneeling, sitting, reclining, or lying down; as, to rise from a sick-bed; my friend rose as I entered; the guests rose to depart; so a deliberative assembly or a committee is said to rise when it breaks up a session; a sun or star rises when to our apprehension it comes above the horizon and begins to go up the sky. To ascend is to go far upward, and is often used in a stately sense; as, Christ ascended to heaven. The shorter form rise is now generally preferred to the longer form arise, except in poetic or elevated style. The sun rises or arises; the river springs at a bound from the foot of the glacier and flows through the lands to the ocean. Smoke issues from a chimney and ascends toward the sky. Light and heat emanate from the sun.

   Antonyms:
   decline, descend, drop, fall, go down, set, settle, sink

   Synonyms:
   arise, emanate, flow, issue, proceed, rise, spring

   Preposition:
   Rise from slumber; rise to duty; rise at the summons; we rose with the lark.

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1. ascend

   Antonyms:
   fall, descend, sink

   Synonyms:
   rise, mount, soar, surmount, go up, climb, tower, scale

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Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. ascend, go upverb

   travel up, "We ascended the mountain"

   "go up a ladder"; "The mountaineers slowly ascended the steep slope"

   Antonyms:
   go down, descend, fall, come down

   Synonyms:
   rise, come on, burn down, lift, come near, burn up, arise, go up, approach, come up, draw near, draw close, mount, climb up, move up, near, uprise, climb

2. ascendverb

   go back in order of genealogical succession

   "Inheritance may not ascend linearly"

   Antonyms:
   fall, come down, go down, descend

   Synonyms:
   rise, climb up, go up, uprise, come up, move up

3. ascendverb

   become king or queen

   "She ascended to the throne after the King's death"

   Antonyms:
   fall, come down, go down, descend

   Synonyms:
   rise, climb up, go up, uprise, come up, move up

4. ascend, climb upverb

   appear to be moving upward, as by means of tendrils

   "the vine climbed up the side of the house"

   Antonyms:
   go down, descend, come down, fall

   Synonyms:
   climb up, rise, mount, move up, climb, come up, jump, go up, uprise

5. ascendverb

   go along towards (a river's) source

   "The boat ascended the Delaware"

   Antonyms:
   descend, fall, come down, go down

   Synonyms:
   rise, climb up, go up, uprise, come up, move up

6. ascendverb

   slope upwards

   "The path ascended to the top of the hill"

   Antonyms:
   fall, come down, go down, descend

   Synonyms:
   rise, climb up, go up, uprise, come up, move up

7. rise, come up, uprise, ascendverb

   come up, of celestial bodies

   "The sun also rises"; "The sun uprising sees the dusk night fled..."; "Jupiter ascends"

   Antonyms:
   fall, go down, come down, descend

   Synonyms:
   line up, rear, bristle, rise, get hold, rally, stand up, climb up, muster, muster up, uprise, find, heighten, go up, rebel, surface, lift, arise, spring up, come up, grow, originate, scrape, bob up, resurrect, go on, scratch, develop, climb, get up, prove, summon, move up, turn out, jump, come, come on, mount, rise up, wax, scrape up

8. ascend, move up, riseverb

   move to a better position in life or to a better job

   "She ascended from a life of poverty to one of great

   Antonyms:
   fall, descend, go down, come down

   Synonyms:
   rise, prove, grow, get up, wax, spring up, lift, develop, surface, arise, resurrect, go up, come up, rear, turn out, heighten, move up, originate, mount, climb up, stand up, uprise, rise up, rebel, climb, jump

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. ASCEND

   Synonyms:
   A Study of Cardiovascular Events in Diabetes

How to use ascend in a sentence?

1. Sasha Issenberg:

   There are plausible even if unlikely scenarios for Rubio, Cruz and [John] Kasich to beat him, i don't think it's the media's job to crown someone before we exhaust plausible scenarios in which he doesn't ascend to the throne.

2. Shah Asad Rizvi:

   Only when there is absolute submission can the soul ascend through dance

3. Brad Smith:

   Alys and I are committed to the success of Ascend WV and Ascend WV ability to leverage West Virginia's outdoor assets to attract fresh talent, cultivate dynamic communities and continue to fuel the entrepreneurial and innovative thinking that are hallmarks of the state.

4. Novie Riyanto:

   Yesterday a great deal of traffic could not travel on routes, and had to ascend to avoid these balloons.

5. Heather Lydia Thornhill:

   Giah is like the vine that allows us to grape. We are not even the root but Giah has roots and chooses where they drink so that we can flower into a vineyard. But Giah is also a grape to our vine because Giah cannot be our being because however beautiful our vineyard grows our roots are too shallow to support her. That is why we need to work on our thoughts and ascend her roots to reach the wine that quenches us and sore on her through endless time.

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