| Main Entry: | climb |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | crawl, move up |
Synonyms: |
ape up, ascend, clamber, escalade, escalate, go up, mount, rise, scale, soar, top |
Antonyms: |
descend, dismount, go down, retreat |
| Main Entry: | arise |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | get, stand, or go up |
Synonyms: |
ascend, climb, jump, mount, move upward, pile out, rise, rise and shine, roll out, soar, stand, tower, turn out, wake up |
Antonyms: |
lay, lie, sit |
| Main Entry: | ascend |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | go up |
Synonyms: |
arise, climb, escalate, float, fly, lift off, mount, move up, rise, scale, soar, sprout, take off, tower |
Antonyms: |
decline, descend, go down, lower |
| Main Entry: | ascent |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | upward movement |
Synonyms: |
ascendance, ascending, ascension, clambering, climb, climbing, lift, mounting, rise, rising, scaling, spring, take off |
Antonyms: |
decline, descent, lowering |
| Main Entry: | crescendo |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | increase to climax |
Synonyms: |
apex, ascension, building, climb, crest, critical mass, culmination, elevation, escalation, intensification, peak, pinnacle, rise, summit, surge, upsurge, zenith |
| Main Entry: | escalate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | increase, be increased |
Synonyms: |
amplify, ascend, broaden, climb, enlarge, expand, extend, grow, heighten, intensify, magnify, make worse, mount, raise, rise, scale, step up, widen |
Antonyms: |
decrease, diminish, lessen, lower, weaken |
| Main Entry: | fly |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take to the air, usually employing wings |
Synonyms: |
aviate, barnstorm, bend the throttle, buzz*, circle, circumnavigate, climb, control, cross, dart, dash, dive, drift, flat-hat, fleet, flit, float, flutter, glide, hop, hover, hurry, jet, jet out, jet over, maneuver, mount, operate, pilot, reach, remain aloft, rush, sail, scud, seagull, shoot, skim, skirt, sky out, soar, speed, swoop, take a hop, take flight, take off, take wing, travel, whisk, whiz*, whoosh, wing in, wing*, zip, zoom* |
Antonyms: |
land, stay on ground, walk |
| Main Entry: | get ahead |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | excel, succeed |
Synonyms: |
advance, be successful, climb, do well, flourish, get on, leave behind, make good, outdo, outmaneuver, overtake, progress, prosper, surpass, thrive |
Antonyms: |
fail, fall behind |
| Main Entry: | get on |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | mount |
Synonyms: |
ascend, board, climb, embark, enplane, entrain, go up, scale |
Antonyms: |
dismount, get off |
| Main Entry: | get up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | mount; get out of bed |
Synonyms: |
arise, ascend, awake, awaken, climb, increase, move up, pile out, rise, rise and shine, roll out, scale, spring out, stand, turn out, uprise, upspring |