Synonyms for Climb
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1. climb

   Synonyms:
   ascend, mount, clamber, swarm, surmount, scale, escalade, soar, creep up, rise

   Antonyms:
   descend, drop, fall, slip, tumble, swoop

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1. ascent, acclivity, rise, raise, climb, upgradenoun

   an upward slope or grade (as in a road)

   "the car couldn't make it up the rise"

   Synonyms:
   ascent, rising, emanation, acclivity, ascending, mounting, heave, climbing, hike, rising slope, salary increase, ascension, boost, upgrade, climb, advance, wage increase, lift, procession, mount, rise, wage hike, raise, cost increase

2. climb, climbing, mountingnoun

   an event that involves rising to a higher point (as in altitude or temperature or intensity etc.)

   Synonyms:
   acclivity, mount, climb, rise, upgrade, raise, ascent, climbing, mounting

3. climb, mountverb

   the act of climbing something

   "it was a difficult climb to the top"

   Synonyms:
   riding horse, acclivity, mount, backing, setting, climb, rise, upgrade, raise, ascent, climbing, saddle horse, mounting, mountain

4. climb, climb up, mount, go upverb

   go upward with gradual or continuous progress

   "Did you ever climb up the hill behind your house?"

   Synonyms:
   get on, draw near, bestride, come on, ascend, lift, come near, climb on, draw close, wax, arise, put on, go up, approach, come up, mount up, mount, burn down, climb up, ride, rise, move up, near, uprise, jump on, burn up, hop on, climb, jump

5. climbverb

   move with difficulty, by grasping

   Synonyms:
   wax, rise, climb up, mount, go up

6. wax, mount, climb, riseverb

   go up or advance

   "Sales were climbing after prices were lowered"

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

7. climbverb

   slope upward

   "The path climbed all the way to the top of the hill"

   Synonyms:
   wax, rise, climb up, mount, go up

8. climbverb

   improve one's social status

   "This young man knows how to climb the social ladder"

   Synonyms:
   wax, rise, climb up, mount, go up

9. rise, go up, climbverb

   increase in value or to a higher point

   "prices climbed steeply"; "the value of our house rose sharply last year"

   Synonyms:
   rise, stand up, climb up, burn up, uprise, heighten, go up, rebel, surface, lift, arise, spring up, burn down, come up, grow, originate, resurrect, draw close, draw near, ascend, develop, climb, get up, prove, approach, move up, turn out, jump, rear, come on, come near, mount, rise up, wax, near

Matched Categories

1. • Increase
   • Move
   • Progress
   • Rise
   • Slope

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1. climbverb

   Synonyms:
   mount or ascend (with difficulty), get up, creep up

2. climbverb

   Synonyms:
   mount or ascend (with difficulty), clamber, scramble

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1. climbverb

   Synonyms:
   clamber, scale

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1. List of paraphrases for "climb":

   climbing, rise, ascension, ascent, jump, rises, escalation, ascend, jumps, install, montée

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How to use Climb in a sentence?

1. Senator Shelby:

   Here it is June coming up, and wow, we've got some mountains to climb.

2. Lucyanna Labadie:

   It’s kind of an ongoing, uphill climb that we’re facing.

3. Gus Bilirakis:

   We have seen a 50% increase in energy prices since President Biden took office, and the Russian war in Ukraine will only cause these prices to climb.

4. Virgil:

   The descent to hell is easy, the black gates stand open night and day, but to climb back up again to retrace ones steps to the upper air there in lies the laborious task, the toil.

5. Rachel Minyoung Lee:

   The report in Korean has characterized Kim's climb up to Mt Paektu on horseback as a new 'myth', and that, together with the images of him on a white horse, appear to have been designed to create maximum propaganda effect, which I believe media will play up in the days to come.