Synonyms of climbing

climbing

verb

present participle of climb

1

as in scrambling

to move (as up or over something) often with the help of the hands in holding or pulling

visitors should use caution when climbing over the wet rocks along the shore

Synonyms & Similar Words

• scrambling
• ascending
• scaling
• clambering
• swarming
• scrabbling
• sprawling
• clawing
• shinning
• surmounting
• shinnying
• shimmying
• free-climbing
• struggling
• mounting
• breasting
• summiting
• skinning
• getting up

2

as in rising

to move or extend upward

smoke from the cabin climbing in the still mountain air

Synonyms & Similar Words

• rising
• ascending
• soaring
• lifting
• upping
• mounting
• thrusting
• sloping
• arising
• uprising
• aspiring
• towering
• leaning
• tilting
• upthrusting
• upturning
• surging
• uprearing
• scaling
• inclining
• elevating
• raising
• uplifting
• topping
• zooming
• boosting
• surmounting
• ballooning
• cresting
• tipping
• reclining
• slanting
• taking off
• upheaving
• upraising
• blasting off
• listing
• canting

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• descending
• falling (off)
• declining
• dropping
• plunging
• dipping
• sliding
• diving
• sinking
• plummeting
• nose-diving

3

as in increasing

to become greater in size, extent, volume, amount, or number

complaints to the cable company climbed after the changeover

Synonyms & Similar Words

• increasing
• rising
• accelerating
• swelling
• expanding
• waxing
• multiplying
• accumulating
• ballooning
• mounting
• intensifying
• jumping
• spreading
• escalating
• mushrooming
• proliferating
• snowballing
• gaining
• surging
• enlarging
• booming
• rolling up
• burgeoning
• appreciating
• bourgeoning
• building up
• skyrocketing
• heightening
• rocketing
• peaking
• inflating
• distending
• redoubling
• cresting
• puffing (up)
• bulking
• crescendoing
• blowing up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• decreasing
• diminishing
• contracting
• lessening
• receding
• waning
• dwindling