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climb

The word “climb” has 1 syllable: climb

It's pronounced as /klaɪm/

What is synonym and antonym for climb?

In the thesaurus, “climb” has 105 synonyms and 27 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for climb along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for climb

Antonyms for climb

  • comedown
  • contract
  • decline
  • decrease
  • descend
  • descent
  • diminish
  • dip
  • dive
  • down
  • downfall
  • downgrade
  • drop
  • dwindle
  • fall
  • lessen
  • nose-dive
  • nosedive
  • plop
  • plummet
  • plummeting
  • plunge
  • recede
  • sink
  • sinking
  • slide
  • wane

Meanings of climb

  • noun
    1. An act of climbing.
    2. The act of getting to somewhere more elevated.
    3. An upwards struggle.
  • verb
    1. To ascend; rise; to go up.
    2. To mount; to move upwards on.
    3. To scale; to get to the top of something.
    4. To move (especially up and down something) by gripping with the hands and using the feet.
    5. To practise the sport of climbing.
    6. To jump high.
    7. To move to a higher position on the social ladder.
    8. Of plants, to grow upwards by clinging to something.

Example Sentences

  • They decided to climb the mountain together.
  • The children love to climb trees in the park.
  • Prices continue to climb despite government efforts.
  • He had to climb the stairs after the elevator broke down.
  • The cat tried to climb onto the roof.

On this page you'll find 132 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to climb, such as: accelerate, accumulate, appreciate, arise, ascend, ascension, ascent.

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gain

obliquity

takeoff

balloon

  • accelerate
  • accumulate
  • airship
  • appreciate
  • bag
  • beetle
  • belly
  • billow
  • bladder
  • blimp
  • blow up
  • boom
  • bourgeon
  • build up
  • bulge
  • bulk
  • bunch
  • burgeon
  • climb
  • crescendo
  • crest
  • dilate
  • dirigible
  • distend
  • dome
  • elongate
  • enlarge
  • escalate
  • expand
  • extend
  • gain
  • heighten
  • increase
  • inflate
  • intensify
  • jump
  • jut
  • lengthen
  • mount
  • multiply
  • mushroom
  • overhang
  • peak
  • poke
  • pooch
  • pouch
  • pout
  • project
  • proliferate
  • protrude
  • puff out
  • redouble
  • rise
  • rocket
  • roll up
  • skyrocket
  • snowball
  • spread
  • stand out
  • start
  • stick out
  • stretch
  • surge
  • swell
  • wax
  • zeppelin

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