ascension

ascension is a 9-letter English word with 8 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The act of ascending; a rising; ascent. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 14 · 8 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The act of ascending; a rising; ascent.
2. noun. Specifically: The visible ascent of our Savior on the fortieth day after his resurrection. (Acts i. 9.) Also, Ascension Day.
3. noun. An ascending or arising, as in distillation; also that which arises, as from distillation.
4. noun. the act of changing location in an upward direction

   Synonyms: ascending, ascent, rise

5. noun. (astronomy) the rising of a star above the horizon
6. noun. (New Testament) the rising of the body of Jesus into heaven on the 40th day after his Resurrection
7. noun. a movement upward

   "they cheered the rise of the hot-air balloon"

   Synonyms: ascent, rise, rising

8. noun. (Christianity) celebration of the Ascension of Christ into heaven; observed on the 40th day after Easter

Synonyms

ascending, ascent, rise, rising

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in ascension:

canonises

Common word forms

ascensions, ascensional

Words from these letters

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