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Ascend

To move upward; to mount; to go up; to rise; -- opposed to descend.

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Accede 76% connected

To approach; to come forward; -- opposed to recede.

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Arise 76% connected

To come up from a lower to a higher position; to come above the horizon; to come up from one's bed or place of repose; to mount; to ascend; to rise;…

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Change 76% connected

To alter; to make different; to cause to pass from one state to another; as, to change the position, character, or appearance of a thing; to change t…

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Enter 76% connected

To come or go into; to pass into the interior of; to pass within the outer cover or shell of; to penetrate; to pierce; as, to enter a house, a closet…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Follow 76% connected

To go or come after; to move behind in the same path or direction; hence, to go with (a leader, guide, etc.); to accompany; to attend.

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Go 76% connected

Gone.

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Incline 76% connected

To deviate from a line, direction, or course, toward an object; to lean; to tend; as, converging lines incline toward each other; a road inclines to…

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Lift 76% connected

The sky; the atmosphere; the firmament.

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Move 76% connected

To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as…

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Pitch 76% connected

A thick, black, lustrous, and sticky substance obtained by boiling down tar. It is used in calking the seams of ships; also in coating rope, canvas,…

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Rise 76% connected

To move from a lower position to a higher; to ascend; to mount up. Specifically: -- (a) To go upward by walking, climbing, flying, or any other volun…

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Slope 76% connected

An oblique direction; a line or direction including from a horizontal line or direction; also, sometimes, an inclination, as of one line or surface t…

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Travel 76% connected

To labor; to travail.

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Uprise 76% connected

To rise; to get up; to appear from below the horizon.

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Manner of action 8

Escalade 76% connected

A furious attack made by troops on a fortified place, in which ladders are used to pass a ditch or mount a rampart.

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Mountaineer 76% connected

An inhabitant of a mountain; one who lives among mountains.

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Ramp 76% connected

To spring; to leap; to bound; to rear; to prance; to become rampant; hence, to frolic; to romp.

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Ride 76% connected

To be carried on the back of an animal, as a horse.

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Rise 76% connected

To move from a lower position to a higher; to ascend; to mount up. Specifically: -- (a) To go upward by walking, climbing, flying, or any other volun…

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Scale 76% connected

The dish of a balance; hence, the balance itself; an instrument or machine for weighing; as, to turn the scale; -- chiefly used in the plural when ap…

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Surface 76% connected

The exterior part of anything that has length and breadth; one of the limits that bound a solid, esp. the upper face; superficies; the outside; as, t…

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Uprise 76% connected

To rise; to get up; to appear from below the horizon.

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Derivationally related 26

Acclivity 74% connected

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; asce…

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Acclivity 74% connected

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; asce…

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Ascendable 74% connected

Capable of being ascended.

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Ascendable 74% connected

Capable of being ascended.

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Ascendant 74% connected

Ascent; height; elevation.

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Ascendant 74% connected

Ascent; height; elevation.

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Ascendent 74% connected

Rising toward the zenith; above the horizon.

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Ascendent 74% connected

Rising toward the zenith; above the horizon.

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Ascension 74% connected

The act of ascending; a rising; ascent.

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Ascension 74% connected

The act of ascending; a rising; ascent.

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Ascensive 74% connected

Rising; tending to rise, or causing to rise.

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Ascensive 74% connected

Rising; tending to rise, or causing to rise.

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Ascent 74% connected

The act of rising; motion upward; rise; a mounting upward; as, he made a tedious ascent; the ascent of vapors from the earth.

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Ascent 74% connected

The act of rising; motion upward; rise; a mounting upward; as, he made a tedious ascent; the ascent of vapors from the earth.

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Climber 74% connected

One who, or that which, climbs

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Climber 74% connected

One who, or that which, climbs

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Mount 74% connected

A mass of earth, or earth and rock, rising considerably above the common surface of the surrounding land; a mountain; a high hill; -- used always ins…

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Mount 74% connected

A mass of earth, or earth and rock, rising considerably above the common surface of the surrounding land; a mountain; a high hill; -- used always ins…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Rise 74% connected

To move from a lower position to a higher; to ascend; to mount up. Specifically: -- (a) To go upward by walking, climbing, flying, or any other volun…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Rise 74% connected

To move from a lower position to a higher; to ascend; to mount up. Specifically: -- (a) To go upward by walking, climbing, flying, or any other volun…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Rising 74% connected

of Rise

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Rising 74% connected

of Rise

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Synonym 4

Climb 92% connected

To ascend or mount laboriously, esp. by use of the hands and feet.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Mount 92% connected

A mass of earth, or earth and rock, rising considerably above the common surface of the surrounding land; a mountain; a high hill; -- used always ins…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Rise 92% connected

To move from a lower position to a higher; to ascend; to mount up. Specifically: -- (a) To go upward by walking, climbing, flying, or any other volun…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Uprise 92% connected

To rise; to get up; to appear from below the horizon.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Antonym 2

Fall 94% connected

To Descend, either suddenly or gradually; particularly, to descend by the force of gravity; to drop; to sink; as, the apple falls; the tide falls; th…

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Fall 94% connected

To Descend, either suddenly or gradually; particularly, to descend by the force of gravity; to drop; to sink; as, the apple falls; the tide falls; th…

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