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present participle of climb.

climbing

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arising adj.
rising adj.
ambitious adj.
creeping adj.
moving adj.
soaring adj.
up-and-coming adj.
uphill adj.
ascension n.
ascent n.
mountain climbing n.

ADJECTIVE

arising

Synonyms

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ascending mounting rising soaring

STRONG

awakening waking waking up

WEAK

ascendant assurgent

ADJECTIVE

rising

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ascending growing increasing soaring spiraling surging

STRONG

advancing emerging mounting skyrocketing

WEAK

going up upsurging

ADJECTIVE

ambitious

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aggressive determined earnest energetic enthusiastic resourceful

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anxious ardent aspiring avid ball of fire bent upon come on come on strong designing desirous driving eager eager beaver enterprising fireball get up and go go-getter goal-oriented hard ball high-reaching hopeful hungry industrious inspired intent longing power-loving purposeful pushing pushy self-starting sharp soaring striving thirsty vaulting zealous

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lethargic unenthusiastic

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content easy facile fulfilled satisfied unassuming

ADJECTIVE

creeping

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spreading

STRONG

clinging horizontal prostrate reptilian trailing

WEAK

growing along the ground procumbent recumbent reptant serpentine stoloniferous vermicular vinelike

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upright vertical

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standing

ADJECTIVE

moving

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changing shifting

STRONG

advancing evolving flying going jumping progressing roaming roving running traversing walking

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motile movable nomadic portable unfixed unstable unsteadfast unsteady

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fixed immobile permanent stationary unmoving

ADJECTIVE

soaring

Synonyms

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lofty steep towering

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aerial ascending elevated flying

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going through the ceiling going through the roof high-reaching sky-high

Antonyms

STRONG

ground

ADJECTIVE

up-and-coming

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promising

WEAK

ambitious coming on strong determined eager enterprising get up and go go-getter high-reaching hungry soaring striving succeeding

ADJECTIVE

uphill

Synonyms

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skyward

STRONG

ascending mounting rising uprising

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acclivous sloping upward toward summit up

Antonyms

WEAK

downhill easy facile

NOUN

ascension

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ascent

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flying mounting rise rising scaling soaring

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escalating towering

Antonyms

WEAK

declension decline descendancy

NOUN

ascent

Synonyms

STRONGEST

ascendance ascension climb

STRONG

ascending lift mounting rise rising scaling spring

WEAK

blastoff clambering launch takeoff

Antonyms

WEAK

descent landing lowering

NOUN

mountain climbing

Synonyms

STRONGEST

mountaineering rock climbing

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alpinism bouldering scaling

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climbing

And the numbers have kept on climbing, with a 12% jump in June 2026 from a year earlier as many consumers struggled to pay their bills.

From Salon ● Aug. 29, 2026

"As we were climbing up, we could hear what felt like explosions," she said, giving only one name.

From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026

Cava Group said climbing customer traffic boosted its profit in the second quarter and that sales are already bouncing back from the impact of recent cyclospora outbreaks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026

Shares of Advanced Micro Devices were climbing Tuesday after an analyst upgraded the stock and highlighted the company’s strength over competitors in the booming market for server central processing units.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026

In Otsuchi, Ryoichi Usuzawa had found Taro and escaped the first wave by climbing onto his roof, carrying the dog.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland

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