Main entry: ascending
Definition: moving or going or growing upward
Usage: the ascending plane; the ascending staircase; the ascending stems of chickweed
Antonyms: descending
Definition: coming down or downward
Antonyms: falling
Definition: becoming lower or less in degree or value
Antonyms: down
Definition: being or moving lower in position or less in some value
Antonyms: down, downward, downwardly, downwards
Definition: spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position
Antonyms: down
Definition: away from a more central or a more northerly place
Antonyms: down
Definition: to a lower intensity