Synonyms of clambered

clambered

verb

past tense of clamber

as in climbed

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

clambered over a wall and was never seen again

Synonyms & Similar Words

• climbed
• scrambled
• scrabbled
• swarmed
• ascended
• scaled
• shimmied
• shinnied
• surmounted
• shinned
• sprawled
• mounted
• clawed
• struggled
• breasted
• skinned
• summited
• free-climbed
• got up

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of clambered

Readers will know, of course, that Joao Palhinha bundled in a late winner at Wolverhampton Wanderers, Spurs reduced the gap to two and then clambered over West Ham in the final weeks of the season. — Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026

People have clambered into helicopters from roof terraces and been winched up from the mud left behind by the floodwater, videos posted by the Nepali Army show. — Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 26 Aug. 2026

Several members equipped with climbing harnesses clambered up a small tree on the school’s front lawn and dangled from its limbs on climbing ropes. — Los Angeles Times, 19 July 2026

Cars honked their horns and cyclists pulled over to tune in as flags fluttered in the wind, fans clambered to see the screen, and people hugged and shouted. — Anna Grace Lee, Vogue, 17 June 2026

Three mules ferrying bags of cement clambered past us on their own dirt track that ran shorter and even steeper up to the top. — Erin Tan, NBC news, 13 May 2026

The smugglers let him aboard, and the boy clambered around hatches that, if opened, would reveal dozens of felonies worth of illicit cargo. — Jack Crosbie, Rolling Stone, 17 Mar. 2026

At another point, a ranger waded through the mud of a mangrove forest and clambered into a mangrove to catch a bird for a blood sample, before doing the same trek in reverse to put it back. — Luis Melecio-Zambrano, Mercury News, 18 Jan. 2026

His friend who was hiking with him clambered to an area with cell service to call for help after Casanova fell more than 500 feet near the steep Devils Backbone trail, the sheriff’s department said in a press release. — Lucy Hodgman, San Francisco Chronicle, 1 Jan. 2026