Synonyms for climb
klaɪmclimb

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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. Frank Siller:

   Our foundation couldn't be more honored to be chosen to hold the first stair-climb event at One World Trade Center.

2. Ted Maloney:

   I asked three farm workers to come with me, and they ran with me, and they helped me ... climb into one of the cars.

3. Antony Blinken:

   We do have a big task ahead of us in restoring, revitalizing those relationships. I do think it starts... with showing up again, some of our allies and partners question the sustainability of our commitments based on the past few years and that’s going to be a hard hill to climb.

4. Le Corre:

   Look at what kids do, they stand and crawl and jump and climb and lift and throw stuff. They don’t do bicep curls.

5. Michael Avenatti:

   If you gonna go climb a mountain, that you've never climbed before, or a mountain it's really important for you to summit... Do you want a guy, do you want a guide that says to you: - You know, I don't know if we gonna be able to get up to face that mountain. Or do you wanna guy who looks you in the eye and says: - Let's go! We're gonna go climb this mountain?! (...) Well, here's what I'll say if I was going to take somebody up a side of a mountain I'd make sure we summited.