ascent

ascent
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
Motion upward
Nouns
1. ascent, ascension, mounting, rising, climb, rise, escalade; leap; upswing, upsurge, upturn; acclivity, hill; elevation. See obliquity.
2. (means of ascent) flight of steps or stairs, stairway, staircase, perron; step, rung, stair, tread, riser, stepping-stone, doorstep, step stool; ladder, accommodation or extension ladder, fire escape; incline, ramp, gangway; companionway; elevator, lift, escalator, moving staircase. See obliquity.
3. mountaineer, [mountain or rock] climber, alpinist.
Verbs — ascend, rise, mount, arise, uprise; ride or crawl up; spring or shoot up; step up; climb, clamber [up], surmount, scale [the heights]; tower, soar; leap; gush, fountain; [sky]rocket; take off, become airborne, gain altitude; upturn. Informal, shinny.
Adjectives — ascending, rising, scandent, buoyant; in the ascendant; an-abatic; upturned, retroussé.
Adverbs — up, upward(s), uphill, upstream; upstairs, abovestairs.
Interjections — excelsior!, onward and upward!; upsydaisy! alleyoop!
Quotations — All rising to a great place is by a winding stair (Francis Bacon).
Antonyms, See descent.
II
(Roget's IV) n.
1. [Rising]
Syn. climbing, mounting, ascension; see rise 1 .
2. [Upgrade]
Syn. incline, slope, acclivity; see grade 1 .
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) n.
1. climb rise, ascension, progression.
2. upward slope acclivity, upgrade, elevation, incline, gradient.
ANT.: 1. descent, fall, drop. 2. declivity, descent
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) noun 1. The act of rising or moving upward: ascension, rise, rising. See RISE. 2. The act of moving upward on or along: ascension, climb. See RISE. 3. An upward slope: acclivity, rise. See RISE.

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