DESCENSIONAL Antonyms

• an upward slope or grade (as in a road)

• a movement upward; rise above the ground

• the act of changing location in an upward direction

• an upward slope or grade (as in a road)

• an event that involves rising to a higher point (as in altitude or temperature or intensity etc.)

• the act of climbing something

• go upward with gradual or continuous progress

• move with effort, by grasping

• go up or advance

• slope upward

• improve one's social status

• increase in value or to a higher point

• act of improving by expanding or enlarging or refining

• a process in which something passes by degrees to a different stage (especially a more advanced or mature stage)

• (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level

• a recent event that has some relevance for the present situation

• the act of making some area of land or water more profitable or productive or useful

• a district that has been developed to serve some purpose

• a state in which things are improving; the result of developing (as in the early part of a game of chess)

• processing a photosensitive material in order to make an image visible

• (music) the section of a composition or movement (especially in sonata form) where the major musical themes are developed and elaborated

• the event of something being raised upward

• the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development

• angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object)

• a raised or elevated geological formation

• distance of something above a reference point (such as sea level)

• (ballet) the height of a dancer's leap or jump

• drawing of an exterior of a structure

• the act of increasing the wealth or prestige or power or scope of something

• (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level

• a progression from simpler to more complex forms

• a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important

• vegetation that has grown

• the gradual beginning or coming forth

• (pathology) an abnormal proliferation of tissue (as in a tumor)

• something grown or growing

• a change for the better; progress in development

• the act of improving something

• a condition superior to an earlier condition

• gradual improvement or growth or development

• the act of moving forward (as toward a goal)

• a movement forward

• develop in a positive way

• move forward, also in the metaphorical sense

• form or accumulate steadily

• a growth in strength or number or importance

• the act of changing location in an upward direction

• an upward slope or grade (as in a road)

• a movement upward; rise above the ground

• the amount a salary is increased

• the property possessed by a slope or surface that rises

• a wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground

• (theology) the origination of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost

• an increase in cost

• increase in price or value

• move upward

• increase in value or to a higher point

• rise to one's feet

• rise up

• come to the surface

• come into existence; take on form or shape

• move to a better position in life or to a better job

• go up or advance

• become more extreme

• get up and out of bed

• rise in rank or status

• become heartened or elated

• exert oneself to meet a challenge

• take part in a rebellion; renounce a former allegiance

• increase in volume

• come up, of celestial bodies

• return from the dead

• spatially or metaphorically from a lower to a higher position

• to a later time

• directed up

• extending or moving toward a higher place