Ascent

/əˈsɛnt/

Synonyms for "ascent" (228 found)

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Noun(9 words)

climb rise acclivity advancement ascendence ascending ascension ascensionsballoon ascends

abruptness access accession acclivity accretion accrual accruement accumulation addition advance advancement aggrandizement airiness amelioration amendment amplificationangular motionapotheosis appreciation ascending

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ascension assumption augmentationaxial motionbackflowing backingbackward motionballooning beatification bettering betterment bloating boom boost broadeningbrownian movementbubbliness

Strong matches (68)

buildup buoyancy canonization career climb climbing course crescendo current daintiness deification delicacy descending descent development downinessdownward motiondrift driftage ebbing

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edema elevation enhancement enlargement enrichment enshrinement erection escalation ethereality eugenics euthenics exaltation expansion extension flight floatability flood flow fluffiness flux foaminessforward motionfountain frothiness furtherance gain gentleness gossameriness gradegreat leap forwardgreatening growth gush headway height hike improvement increase increment inflation jet jumplack of weight

Verb(2 words)

climb a treeclimbs

Noun(3 words)

elevation gaingradient incline

Related words (114)

leap levitation levity lift lifting lightness melioration mend mending mount mounting multiplicationoblique motionongoing onrush passage pickup plunging precipitousness preferment

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productiveness progress progression proliferation promotionradial motionraise raising ramprandom motionrearing recovery reflowing refluence reflux regression restoration retrogression revival rise risingrising groundrun rush setsideward motionsinking snowballing soaring softness spout spread spring spurt steepness sternway stream subsiding surgesursum cordaswelling takeoff tenderness traject trajet trend tumescence unheaviness up upbeat upbuoying upcast upclimb updraft upgo upgrade upheaval uphill uplift uplifting upping uprearing uprise uprising upsurge upsweep upswing upthrow upthrust uptrend upturnupward mobilityupward motionvault verticalness vise volatility waxing weightlessness widening yeastiness

Noun(12 words)

liftoff liftoffsmovement upwardpromotion raise rising slope upgrade uphillsupward movementupward riseupwardness

Adjective(1 words)

upward flight

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More general

13 entries

change of locationdevelopment growth incline motion move movement progress side slopesurface featureterrain featuretravel

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6 entries

career ascentclimbgentle inclinepolitical ascentrisesteep incline

Collocations

5 entries

ascent anglecareer ascentgradual ascentrapid ascentrate of ascent

Inflections

1 entries

ascents

Derivations

3 entries

ascendant ascension ascensional

Antonyms

1 entries

descent

Sample sentences

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The Alpinists carried out the ascent, but they did not return safely.

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They made first ascent of Mount Everest.

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The economic development of Algeria will be an arduous ascent.

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Climbers John Snorri from Iceland, Juan Pablo Mohr from Chile and Muhammad Ali Sadpara from Pakistan, lost contact with base camp Friday during their ascent of the 8,611-meter mountain.

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