Synonyms for ascend

Synonyms for (verb) ascend

Synonyms: ascend, go up

Definition: travel up, "We ascended the mountain"

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

Similar words: go, locomote, travel, move

Definition: change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically

Usage: How fast does your new car go?; We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus; The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect; The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell; news travelled fast


Synonyms: move up, rise, ascend

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

Usage: She ascended from a life of poverty to one of great

Similar words: change

Definition: undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature

Usage: She changed completely as she grew older; The weather changed last night


Synonyms: come up, uprise, rise, ascend

Definition: come up, of celestial bodies

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

Similar words: lift, come up, rise, move up, go up, arise, uprise

Definition: move upward

Usage: The fog lifted; The smoke arose from the forest fire; The mist uprose from the meadows


Synonyms: ascend

Definition: slope upwards

Usage: The path ascended to the top of the hill

Similar words: slope, incline, pitch

Definition: be at an angle

Usage: The terrain sloped down


Synonyms: ascend

Definition: go along towards (a river's) source

Usage: The boat ascended the Delaware

Similar words: travel along, follow

Definition: travel along a certain course

Usage: follow the road; follow the trail


Synonyms: ascend

Definition: become king or queen

Usage: She ascended to the throne after the King's death

Similar words: accede, enter

Definition: take on duties or office

Usage: accede to the throne


Synonyms: ascend

Definition: go back in order of genealogical succession

Usage: Inheritance may not ascend linearly

Similar words: date back, date from, go back

Definition: belong to an earlier time

Usage: This story dates back 200 years


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