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ascend

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of ascend

to move or extend upward

the path ascended so steeply at one point that we had to scramble up on our hands and knees

Synonyms of ascend

arise, aspire, climb, lift, mount, rise, soar, thrust, up, uprear, uprise, upthrust, upturn

Words Related to ascend

boost, elevate, raise, upheave, uplift, upraise

balloon, blast off, take off, zoom

crest, scale, surmount, top

cant, incline, lean, list, recline, slant, slope, tilt, tip

Near Antonyms of ascend

dive, nose-dive, plummet, sink, slide

Antonyms of ascend

decline, descend, dip, drop, fall (off), plunge

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