ascension

ascension

noun

Definition of ASCENSION

the act or an instance of rising or climbing up <her ascension from the freshman to the varsity team was evidence of how much she had improved in one season>

Synonyms ascension, climb, rise, rising, soar

Related Words boost, hike, increase, raise; blastoff, elevation, hoist, levitation, liftoff, raising, takeoff; heave, thrust, upheaval, uplifting, upraising, upsurge, upsweep, upswing, upthrust, uptrend, upturn, upwelling

Near Antonyms plop, plummeting, sinking; decline, decrease, down; comedown, downfall, downgrade

Antonyms descent, dip, dive, drop, fall, nosedive, plunge