CLIMBING Synonyms: 104 Similar and Opposite Words

climbing

verb

present participle of climb

as in scrambling

to move (as up or over something) often with the help of the hands in holding or pulling visitors should use caution when climbing over the wet rocks along the shore

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as in rising

to move or extend upward smoke from the cabin climbing in the still mountain air

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as in increasing

to become greater in size, extent, volume, amount, or number complaints to the cable company climbed after the changeover

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Recent Examples of climbing But with no set end date, some workers stay for years, climbing the ranks. —

Miranda Dunlap, jsonline.com, 13 Feb. 2026 The stock bounced back some last year, climbing 19%, and is now up 6% in 2026. —

Kristina Partsinevelos,ari Levy, CNBC, 13 Feb. 2026 For many, the idea of patiently climbing a single ladder simply doesn’t reflect reality. —

Ashley Herd, Fortune, 11 Feb. 2026 In fact, most of the musicians who live in Hertz’s buildings are veterans of the city’s music scene who, over the decades, have had to move farther and farther away from Manhattan and the swaths of Brooklyn and Queens where rents are climbing even more rapidly. —

Daniel Yadin, Curbed, 11 Feb. 2026 Cizeron has won back-to-back Olympic titles with different partners after climbing the podium in Beijing with Gabriella Papadakis. —

Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2026 China, meanwhile, is rapidly climbing Henley’s passport rankings thanks to a new policy of openness and globalism since the pandemic. —

Laura Bassett, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Feb. 2026 SimpleImages/Getty Images Gold prices have been on a remarkable run over the past year, with the price of the precious metal consistently surpassing prior records and just recently climbing to historic levels above $5,000 per ounce. —

Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 11 Feb. 2026 History of the climbing gym A Bricktown staple since 1999, the gym is situated near Scissortail Park, the Paycom Center and RIVERSPORT to the east. —

Jeff Elkins, Oklahoman, 11 Feb. 2026

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San Francisco public schools shut down on Monday as teachers went on strike demanding improved healthcare benefits and pay raises, leaving the families of some 50,000 students scrambling for child care and meals.

— Christopher Buchanan, Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2026
The world’s wealthiest nations are scrambling for access to metals and minerals buried underground in Africa in order to safeguard their economic and geostrategic interests, from gold to protect against Washington’s erratic trade policies to copper needed for the AI boom.

— Alexis Akwagyiram, semafor.com, 9 Feb. 2026