climb

/klˈaɪm/ · 1 syllable

Meaning

verb

1. go upward with gradual or continuous progress
   “Did you ever climb up the hill behind your house?”
2. move with difficulty, by grasping
3. go up or advance
   “Sales were climbing after prices were lowered”
4. slope upward
   “The path climbed all the way to the top of the hill”
5. improve one's social status
   “This young man knows how to climb the social ladder”
6. increase in value or to a higher point
   “prices climbed steeply”

noun

1. an upward slope or grade (as in a road)
   “the car couldn't make it up the rise”
2. an event that involves rising to a higher point (as in altitude or temperature or intensity etc.)
3. the act of climbing something
   “it was a difficult climb to the top”

Synonyms for climb

• climb up
• mount
• go up
• wax
• rise
• ascent
• acclivity
• raise
• upgrade
• climbing
• mounting

Words that rhyme with climb

• time
• prime
• lime
• sublime
• mime
• paradigm
• rhyme
• rime
• overtime
• centime
• chime
• crime
• dime
• grime
• maritime
• meantime
• pantomime
• schooltime
• slime
• sometime
• thyme
• bedtime
• daytime
• dinnertime
• downtime
• enzyme
• halftime
• lifetime
• longtime
• lunchtime