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present participle of climb.

climbing

ADJECTIVE

arising

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ascending mounting rising soaring

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awakening waking waking up

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ascendant assurgent

ADJECTIVE

rising

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ascending growing increasing soaring spiraling surging

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advancing emerging mounting skyrocketing

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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

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clinging horizontal prostrate reptilian trailing

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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

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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

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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

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ground

ADJECTIVE

up-and-coming

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promising

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

ADJECTIVE

uphill

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skyward

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ascending mounting rising uprising

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acclivous sloping upward toward summit up

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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

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declension decline descendancy

NOUN

ascent

Synonyms

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ascendance ascension climb

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ascending lift mounting rise rising scaling spring

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blastoff clambering launch takeoff

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descent landing lowering

NOUN

mountain climbing

Synonyms

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mountaineering rock climbing

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alpinism bouldering scaling

Example Sentences

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Climbing up stairs was like walking up an escalator.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

"You were running wild, of course you were - 12, 13 years old. Climbing trees, walking dogs, swimming in the river - you had a real life."

From BBC • May 13, 2026

Climbing gas costs translate to higher prices for other goods as manufacturers price in the increased cost of transportation.

From MarketWatch • May 2, 2026

Climbing stairs was linked to a 10% lower risk.

From Science Daily • Apr. 27, 2026

Climbing into a helicopter for the short flight back to Washington, Eisenhower braced himself for what could be a difficult few days.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin

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