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

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as in rose

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

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as in increased

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

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Recent Examples of climbed Dozens climbed into the cargo bay. —

Louis Menand, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026 Its stock has climbed about 274% in the last year, in part because it has long been seen as an acquisition target. —

Angelica Peebles, CNBC, 13 Apr. 2026 For the past two years, the success rate has climbed to over half. —

ArsTechnica, 13 Apr. 2026 The number of people being held recently climbed to a record 70,000, the highest level in the agency's 23-year history. —

Laura Romero, ABC News, 13 Apr. 2026 Vanessa Bonet of the installation art group Dedo Vabo watched over a mission-control monitor deck, as the buzzing craft climbed into room full of braying hippos in rumpled suits. —

Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2026 Bucklew has also taken part in 11 Olympic triathlons, run close to 50 marathons, and climbed Mount Kilimanjaro. —

Adam Harrington, CBS News, 12 Apr. 2026 The average federal student loan balance has climbed to about $39,075 per borrower. —

Preston Fore, Fortune, 6 Apr. 2026 Beckham climbed over a short barrier and spent a couple of minutes with fans who leaned down from the stands as the man who started all this 12 years ago signed autographs and posed for selfies. —

Miami Herald, 5 Apr. 2026

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The children scrambled for safety, and luckily, no one was hurt.

— John Annese, New York Daily News, 15 Apr. 2026
Around the world, especially in Asia where many countries depend heavily on Middle Eastern supplies, governments have scrambled to implement short-term measures and subsidies in order to address shortages in fuel and other commodities and rising inflation.

— Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 15 Apr. 2026