Synonyms of climb

climb 1 of 2

verb

ˈklīm 

1

as in to scramble

to move (as up or over something) often with the help of the hands in holding or pulling

visitors should use caution when climbing over the wet rocks along the shore

Synonyms & Similar Words

• scramble
• ascend
• clamber
• scale
• swarm
• summit
• scrabble
• sprawl
• surmount
• claw
• struggle
• free-climb
• shimmy
• mount
• breast
• skin
• shin
• shinny
• get up

2

as in to rise

to move or extend upward

smoke from the cabin climbing in the still mountain air

Synonyms & Similar Words

• rise
• ascend
• soar
• lift
• up
• mount
• slope
• thrust
• aspire
• arise
• tower
• upturn
• tilt
• upthrust
• uprear
• uprise
• lean
• incline
• surge
• elevate
• raise
• scale
• uplift
• top
• surmount
• boost
• balloon
• zoom
• take off
• upheave
• tip
• blast off
• upraise
• cant
• crest
• recline
• list
• slant

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• fall (off)
• descend
• drop
• decline
• plunge
• dip
• slide
• dive
• sink
• plummet
• nose-dive

3

as in to increase

to become greater in size, extent, volume, amount, or number

complaints to the cable company climbed after the changeover

Synonyms & Similar Words

• rise
• increase
• accelerate
• swell
• expand
• multiply
• accumulate
• wax
• mount
• jump
• intensify
• roll up
• spread
• gain
• escalate
• proliferate
• build up
• enlarge
• boom
• appreciate
• surge
• snowball
• balloon
• mushroom
• burgeon
• heighten
• rocket
• skyrocket
• peak
• inflate
• bulk
• puff (up)
• redouble
• blow up
• distend
• crest
• crescendo

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• decrease
• recede
• diminish
• contract
• lessen
• wane
• dwindle

climb

2 of 2

noun

as in ascent

the act or an instance of rising or climbing up

a long hard climb up the mountain

Synonyms & Similar Words

• ascent
• ascension
• rising
• hike
• rise
• soar
• takeoff
• increase
• raise
• elevation
• hoist
• boost
• thrust
• raising
• liftoff
• levitation
• heave
• upturn
• upswing
• upheaval
• uplifting
• upsurge
• uptrend
• blastoff
• upthrust
• upwelling
• upraising
• upsweep

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• fall
• drop
• dip
• descent
• dive
• plunge
• sinking
• decrease
• decline
• nosedive
• down
• plummeting
• plop
• downfall
• downgrade
• comedown

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of climb

Verb

Most opening acts have a pretty hard hill to climb because [the fans] are mostly not there to see them. — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 8 Oct. 2026

High temperatures should climb to about 90 degrees on Thursday afternoon. — CBS News, 8 Oct. 2026

Noun

Vogue Business reported that old Forever 21, Topshop and Abercrombie pieces are reselling above their original retail prices, with nostalgia helping drive the climb. — Ashley Lynch, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2026

Kreiz’s three-decade climb to the top of media Kreiz grew up in what he’s described as a middle-class family in Israel, with his father working as an engineer and his mother a psychologist. — Preston Fore, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2026