Antonyms for climb
klaɪmclimb

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1. climb

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

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

Matched Categories

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

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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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, get up, prove, approach, move up, turn out, jump, rear, come on, come near, mount, rise up, wax, near

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1. climbverb

   Synonyms:
   clamber, scale

How to use climb in a sentence?

1. The Rev. Jesse Jackson:

   By his own admission, he's got to climb out of it. Whether he can, I don't know. I don't know.

2. Chinese Proverb:

   Climb mountains to see lowlands.

3. Mariana Fulger:

   Human life – an Everest that all sorts of thoughts and desires are trying to climb.

4. Proverb:

   When a deceiving man tells you to climb a tree, tell him to climb it first. If he finds a comfortable spot you can follow him.

5. Sammy Wilson:

   If I travel to another country and there is a sacred site, an area of restricted access, I dont enter or climb it, I respect it, it is the same here for Anangu. We welcome tourists here. We are not stopping tourism, just this activity.

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