Synonyms of ascended

ascended

verb

past tense of ascend

as in climbed

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 & Similar Words

• climbed
• rose
• soared
• lifted
• upped
• mounted
• aspired
• arose
• thrust
• upturned
• sloped
• tilted
• surged
• uprose
• towered
• leaned
• upreared
• upthrusted
• elevated
• inclined
• scaled
• uplifted
• upheaved
• crested
• topped
• surmounted
• upraised
• ballooned
• zoomed
• tipped
• boosted
• raised
• blasted off
• reclined
• listed
• slanted
• took off
• canted

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• descended
• dropped
• fell (off)
• declined
• plunged
• dipped
• slid
• sank
• plummeted
• dived
• nose-dived

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of ascended

That same year, Cruz Bustamante became the first Latino Assembly speaker, then lieutenant governor — the first Latino elected to statewide office in California since Pacheco ascended to the same position in the 1870s. — Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2026

The line shrank as the Hurricanes ascended to the top spot in the AP Top 25. — Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 3 Nov. 2026

The filmmakers, who have been actively marketing the doc, ascended to the top of a 12-story building on the Sunset strip in West Hollywood, CA Friday evening and successfully rappelled down the side. — Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 1 Nov. 2026

But with the arrival of the first season of 2025’s The Celebrity Traitors — undeniably one of the best pieces of reality TV Britain has seen in recent years — his star ascended even higher. — Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 28 Oct. 2026

The eldest daughter of King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia, Leonor de Borbón y Ortiz became first in line to the Spanish throne when her father ascended in 2014. — Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 28 Oct. 2026

In 2002, a snowboarder named Marco Siffredi, who had ascended via another route, tried to descend the Hornbein. — Nick Paumgarten, New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2026

When Elizabeth ascended to the throne in 1952, McCartney was just 10 years old. — Monica Coviello, Vanity Fair, 20 Oct. 2026

Each ascended to become East’s head football coach, and spent entire careers as teachers there. — Tom Strong, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2026