ascended
Moved toward sky
Ascended is the past tense of ascend, meaning to rise or move upward.
A climber ascends a mountain; smoke ascends from a chimney.
The word carries formal or elevated overtones—one ascends a throne or ascends to power.
In religious contexts, ascended often describes rising to heaven: Christ ascended into heaven.
In gaming and fantasy, an ascended being has transcended mortal limitations.
Of imposing height
- soaringRising effortlessly upward
- loftyImpressively high or noble
- risenMoved upward already
- climbedMoved upward laboriously
mounted · scaling · summit · peak · heights · upward · skyward · aloft
Surpassing usual limits
- enlightenmentProfound spiritual awakening
- nirvanaRelease from cyclical existence
- mokshaRelease from rebirth cycle
- satoriSudden spiritual awakening
awakening · salvation · redemption · heaven · divine · holy · sacred · sanctified
Forward movement or promotion
- ladderPortable climbing frame
- rankPosition in hierarchy
- titleFormal honorific or name
- successionFollowing in order
progression · authority · seniority · executive · managerial · appointment · merit · achievement
Grew vigorously, succeeded
- prosperedSucceeded materially
- bloomedProduced flowers
- blossomedGrew into fullness
- flourishedGrew vigorously, succeeded
growth · developed · progressed · matured · evolved · expanded · peaked · culminated
towering
Of imposing height
climbed · mounted · scaling · summit · peak · heights · upward · skyward · aloft · above
transcendence
Surpassing usual limits
- enlightenmentProfound spiritual awakening
- nirvanaRelease from cyclical existence
- mokshaRelease from rebirth cycle
satori · awakening · salvation · redemption · heaven · divine · holy · sacred · sanctified · glorified
advancement
Forward movement or promotion
succession · progression · authority · seniority · executive · managerial · appointment · merit · achievement · corporate
thrived
Grew vigorously, succeeded
flourished · growth · developed · progressed · matured · evolved · expanded · peaked · culminated · advanced
- supernatural statesenchanted, bewitched, hexed, cursed, possessed
- superpowerstelekinesis, telepathy, superpower, invisibility, force powers
- Lifted upraised, hoisted, elevated, boosted, heaved
- creedsNicene Creed, Apostles' Creed, Athanasian Creed, creed, credo
ascendeddescended
Moved downward
fell · unascended · damned · incarnated · materialized
- ascending orderSorted from least upward
- ascending colonBowel segment rising rightward
ascend, ascending, ascendant, ascends, ascender, ascendable, ascendants, ascendency, ascenders