Synonyms of clambering

clambering

verb

present participle of clamber

as in climbing

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

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of clambering

There must have been a hundred of us there, circling the truck, clambering onto its hood, shuffling and shimmying and twerking with abandon. — Taran Dugal, New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2026

The field was narrowed to eight contestants who competed before the president on Tuesday night, clambering through a Ninja Warrior–style obstacle course while wearing red, white, and blue. — Matt Viser, The Atlantic, 13 Aug. 2026

That might include debris left behind or other damages like cars dented from scores of teens clambering over them while fleeing police. — Safiyah Riddle, Fortune, 25 July 2026

Video on state broadcaster CCTV showed the students, wearing bright orange life vests, clambering onto boats that took them away from the surreal scene of school buildings rising out of a lake of muddy water. — ABC News, 9 July 2026

Others took the more dangerous approach of clambering onto roofs to spend the night. — Dan Kelly july 8, Kansas City Star, 8 July 2026

Not robots clambering over rigs. — Dara-Abasi Ita, Forbes.com, 13 June 2026

And all this after clambering up through the Championship play-offs last season. — The Athletic Uk Staff, New York Times, 22 May 2026

Dante and Virgil escape Hell by clambering down Satan's monstrous hide and through Earth's center of gravity. — Keith Cooper, Space.com, 11 May 2026