Word Type

Verb

Noun

The word "climb" can be used as verb and noun.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

descend descend mountain down fall falling go go down ladder ladder related mountain related slide

Derived Terms

anti-climb ants climbing a tree bullet climb climb down climb down someone's throat climb into climb on the bandwagon climb rate climb the ladder climb the walls climb up climb-down climb-out climbability climbable climbdown climber climbing gourami climbing lane climbing maidenhair fern climbing nightshade climbing perch climby cruise climb declimb downclimb free-climb freeclimb go climb a tree have a mountain to climb hill climb hillclimb lead climb misclimb monkey-no-climb mountain to climb outclimb overclimb rate of climb rate of climb indicator reclimb rock-climb step climb step climb unclimb unclimbable unclimbed upclimb uphill climb zoom climb

Derived From

climber

Etymologically Related To

clamber clay glue

Context

botany

First Subevents

get good hand hold stepping

Last Subevents

climb down get to top reach top stepping

Prerequisites

bring ladder buy climbing equipment buy rope careful careful not to fall find challenging mountain find mountain find to climb find tree find wall or incline gather climbing gear get equipment get good boots get ladder get out of chair get rope go out on limb go to mountain go to mountain area have to climb lift feet lift one foot look for ladder look up play football use strong rope water

Subevents

become more alert than normal breathe hard broken branch establish good foothold fall falling get higher get higher up getting to top grab look down may fall might get to top out of breath see far distances stretching hamstrings using special equipment

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

advance arise ascending ascension ascent come along come on come up get along get on go up grow incline incline increase lift move move up pitch progress rise rise rising shape up side slope slope uprise

Type Of (IsA)

rise

Manner Of

move progress rise slope

Motivated By Goal

bear was chasing exercise get higher get on top of get over fence get to top get up high good exercise higher hiking up hill need to get higher reach top see top of hill see view there isn't walking path there was bear chasing

Related Terms

action activity activity scaling adventure ascend ascend hill ascend mountain ascend something ascend tree ascend up ascending ascending hills ascending mountain ascending trees ascension ascent ascent mountain assent boots boots rope cliffs climbing crawl crawling crawling upwards creeping creeping up dangerous direction effort elevated elevation equipment every every mountain exercise exploring face faces feet for mountains fun getting getting higher getting up go go up go uphill go upward going going higher going mountains going up going uphill going vertical gym gym wall hands hands feet high higher hike hike up hiking hiking up hill hills hills mountain hills mountains hobby house human human movement in tree ivy jump kid kid activity ladder ladder activity ladder stair ladders ladders stairs like like rappel locomotion monkey monkeys motion mount mountain mountain action mountain activity mountain ascending mountain face mountain faces mountain moving mountain sport mountain travel mountain trekking mountain walk mountain way mountaineer mountaineering mountaineering action mountains move move up move upward move upwards movement moving moving mountains moving up moving upward on ladder on mountain on rocks on stairs outdoor outdoor hobby over over mountains overcome overcome mountains person person movement raise raise ladder rappel rappelling reach reach top reaching reaching high repelling rime rise rock rock exercise rock traversing rock wall rock what rocks rocks cliffs rocks repelling rope rope up ropes scale scale mountain scale mountains scale upward scale wall scaling scaling mountain scaling mountains scaling tree social ladder special special equipment sport sport activity sports stair stairs steep steep walk stepping stepping up struggle struggle up top travel travel up traversing tree tree activity tree adventure tree exploring tree fun tree house tree locomotion trees trees ladders trees mountains trekking up up ladder up mountain up mountains up stairs up tree uphill uphill walking upward upward direction upward effort upward movement upwards upwards crawl upwards motion upwards moving use use ropes vertical vertical ascent vertical hike walk walk mountain walk up walking wall way what

Synonym Network

ascent go up rise scale wax

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