| 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: | fail |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lose money |
Synonyms: |
be cleaned out, be in arrears, be ruined, be taken to the cleaners, become insolvent, break, close, close down, close one's doors, crash, defalcate, default, dishonor, drop, drop a bundle, end, finish, fold, go bankrupt, go belly up, go broke, go bust, go into chapter 11, go out of business, go to the wall, go under, go up, lose big, lose one's shirt, overdraw, repudiate, terminate |
Antonyms: |
earn, gain, obtain, win |
| 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: | mount |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | climb |
Synonyms: |
arise, ascend, back, bestride, clamber up, climb onto, climb up on, escalade, escalate, get astride, get up on, go up, jump on, lift, rise, scale, soar, tower, up, vault |
Antonyms: |
alight, dismount, fall |
| Main Entry: | rise |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | increase, grow |
Synonyms: |
accelerate, add to, advance, aggravate, arise, ascend, augment, billow, build, bulge, climb, deepen, distend, double, enhance, enlarge, expand, go through the roof, go up, heighten, improve, inflate, intensate, intensify, levitate, lift, magnify, mount, move up, multiply, perk up, pick up, pile up, raise, redouble, rouse, soar, speed up, spread, stack up, swell, take off, upsurge, wax |
| Notes: | to raise is 'to bring something up'; to rise is 'to get up' |
Antonyms: |
decline, decrease, lessen, lower, recede |
| Main Entry: | scale |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | ascend, climb |
Synonyms: |
clamber, escalade, escalate, go up, mount, surmount |
Antonyms: |
descend |
| Main Entry: | step |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | move foot to walk |
Synonyms: |
advance, ambulate, ascend, dance, descend, go backward, go down, go forward, go up, hoof, mince, move backward, move forward, pace, prance, skip, stride, tiptoe, traipse, tread, trip, troop, walk |