Synonyms for ascend
Definitions
- v. 1
To move upward, to fly, to soar.
He ascended to heaven upon a cloud.
- v. 2
To slope in an upward direction.
Related words
Forms
- Past participle
- ascended
e.g. ascended → risen, aspired, soared, flyed…
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To ascend is to go far upward, and is often used in a stately sense; as, Christ ascended to heaven.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- rise We rise together, stronger with each step forward.
- fly The left fielder ran hard and caught the long fly.
- aspire Sometimes little kids aspire to be strange things.
- soar The wind made Adriano's kite soar high in the sky.
- climb It's dangerous to climb a mountain in bad weather.
By length
- 3 letters
- fly1
- 4 letters
- rise1, soar1
- 5 letters
- scale1, tower2, mount1, climb1, arise2
- 6 letters
- aspire2, uprise2
- 8 letters
- surmount2
- 9 letters
- transcend2
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (tower2 = 2 syllables).