📖 Definitions of "Ascent"
- 1
The act of ascending; a motion upwards.
"He made a tedious ascent of Mont Blanc."
- 2
The way or means by which one ascends.
"There is a difficult northern ascent from Malaucene of Mont Ventoux."
- 3
An eminence, hill, or high place.
- 4
The degree of elevation of an object, or the angle it makes with a horizontal line; inclination; rising grade.
"The road has an ascent of 5 degrees."
🔄 Synonyms of "Ascent"
8 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| risenoun | (intransitive) To move, or appear to move, physically upwards relative to the ground. |
| raiseverb | (physical) To cause to rise; to lift or elevate. |
| upgradeverb | An improved component or replacement item, usually applied to technology. |
| risingnoun | The act of something that rises. |
| ascendingnoun | Rising or increasing to higher levels, values, or degrees. (e.g. of a sequence) |
| climbverb | (intransitive) To ascend; rise; to go up. |
| acclivitynoun | (geomorphology) A slope or inclination of the earth, as the side of a hill, considered as ascending, in opposition to declivity, or descending; an upward slope; ascent. |
| ascensionnoun | The act of ascending; an ascent. |
↔️ Antonyms of "Ascent"
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💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Ascent"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| ascensionnoun | The act of ascending; an ascent. |
| risingnoun | The act of something that rises. |
| upgradenoun | An improved component or replacement item, usually applied to technology. |
| risenoun | The process of or an action or instance of moving upwards or becoming greater. |
| ascendingnoun | An ascent. |
| climbnoun | An act of climbing. |
| raisenoun | (curling) A shot in which the delivered stone bumps another stone forward. |
| acclivitynoun | (geomorphology) A slope or inclination of the earth, as the side of a hill, considered as ascending, in opposition to declivity, or descending; an upward slope; ascent. |
| liftnoun | An act of lifting or raising. |
| upturnnoun | An upward turn or trend, especially in business activity or profit. |
| upwellingnoun | the oceanographic phenomenon that occurs when strong, usually seasonal, winds push water away from the coast, bringing cold, nutrient-rich deep waters up to the surface |
| liftingnoun | The action or process by which something is lifted; elevation |
| upswingnoun | (by extension) An upward trend or an increase in activity. |
| upliftnoun | The act or result of uplifting (in various senses). |
| escalationnoun | The act of escalating. |
| elevationnoun | The act of raising from a lower place, condition, or quality to a higher; said of material things, persons, the mind, the voice, etc. |
| upsurgenoun | A sudden strong rise or flow. |
| surgenoun | A sudden transient rush, flood or increase. |
| increasenoun | An amount by which a quantity is increased. |
| emergencenoun | The act of rising out of a fluid, or coming forth from envelopment or concealment, or of rising into view; appearance. |
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