CLIMBED Synonyms: 106 Similar and Opposite Words

climbed

verb

past tense of climb

as in scrambled

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

Relevance

as in rose

to move or extend upward smoke from the cabin climbing in the still mountain air

Synonyms & Similar Words

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

as in increased

to become greater in size, extent, volume, amount, or number complaints to the cable company climbed after the changeover

Synonyms & Similar Words

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

Example Sentences

Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.

Recent Examples of climbed Natural gas futures, the European benchmark, climbed another 34% to around €59 ($68) per megawatt hour, as Qatar’s biggest gas producer stopped production after Iran targeted one of its energy facilities. —

Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 3 Mar. 2026 For years, the prevailing assumption was that college was the safest route to stability—even as tuition climbed and outcomes grew less curtain. —

Preston Fore, Fortune, 2 Mar. 2026 Favorable views of capitalism fell from 51% to 42%, while favorable views of socialism climbed from 50% to 66%. —

Justin Callais, Chicago Tribune, 2 Mar. 2026 His strikeout rate climbed from 14% to 30%, and his walk rate dropped from 20% to 8%. —

Shawn McFarland, Dallas Morning News, 2 Mar. 2026 The price of gold, historically a safe haven for investors in times of crisis, climbed. —

Justin Papp,pippa Stevens,dan Mangan,kevin Breuninger,lee Ying Shan,vinay Dwivedi, CNBC, 2 Mar. 2026 The world’s most famous treetop protest began in 1997, when a young woman named Julia Butterfly Hill climbed to the top of a thousand-year-old redwood, evocatively named Luna, and remained there for an astonishing seven hundred and thirty-eight days. —

Robert Moor, New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2026 Brent crude prices climbed more than 6% on Monday, registering at about $77 per barrel. —

Max Zahn, ABC News, 2 Mar. 2026 Snowfall totals Snow accumulation climbed well into the double digits Monday, with parts of Long Island and New Jersey reporting more than 2 feet, CBS News New York reported. —

Sarah Lynch Baldwin, CBS News, 23 Feb. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for climbed

Verb

Sirens sounded again at RAF Akrotiri on Monday and British Typhoon and F-35 warplanes were scrambled.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 3 Mar. 2026
And now, in part in response to widespread criticism and concern from survivors and their attorneys that the files contain nearly 100 survivors’ personal information and photos, the DOJ has scrambled to remove documents.

— Elliott Ramos, CBS News, 3 Mar. 2026