| mountain climber | | |
| n. (person) | 1. mountain climber, mountaineer | someone who climbs mountains. |
| ~ adventurer, venturer | a person who enjoys taking risks. |
| ~ alpinist | a mountain climber who specializes in difficult climbs. |
| ~ climber | someone who climbs as a sport; especially someone who climbs mountains.; "the lead climber looked strong still but his partner often slumped in his ropes" |
| ~ edmund hillary, hillary, sir edmund hillary, sir edmund percival hillary | New Zealand mountaineer who in 1953 first attained the summit of Mount Everest with his Sherpa guide Tenzing Norgay (born in 1919). |
| ~ tenzing norgay | Sherpa mountaineer guide who with Sir Edmund Hillary was one of the first to attain the summit of Mount Everest (1914-1986). |
| mountaineer | | |
| v. (motion) | 1. mountaineer | climb mountains for pleasure as a sport. |
| ~ athletics, sport | an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition. |
| ~ climb, climb up, go up, mount | go upward with gradual or continuous progress.; "Did you ever climb up the hill behind your house?" |
| climb | | |
| n. (object) | 1. acclivity, ascent, climb, raise, rise, upgrade | an upward slope or grade (as in a road).; "the car couldn't make it up the rise" |
| ~ incline, slope, side | an elevated geological formation.; "he climbed the steep slope"; "the house was built on the side of a mountain" |
| ~ uphill | the upward slope of a hill. |
| n. (event) | 2. climb, climbing, mounting | an event that involves rising to a higher point (as in altitude or temperature or intensity etc.). |
| ~ rising, ascension, ascent, rise | a movement upward.; "they cheered the rise of the hot-air balloon" |
| n. (act) | 3. climb, mount | the act of climbing something.; "it was a difficult climb to the top" |
| ~ ascending, rise, ascent, ascension | the act of changing location in an upward direction. |
| ~ scaling | ascent by or as if by a ladder. |
| ~ clamber | an awkward climb.; "reaching the crest was a real clamber" |
| ~ mountain climbing, mountaineering | the activity of climbing a mountain. |
| ~ rock climbing | the sport or pastime of scaling rock masses on mountain sides (especially with the help of ropes and special equipment). |
| v. (motion) | 4. climb, climb up, go up, mount | go upward with gradual or continuous progress.; "Did you ever climb up the hill behind your house?" |
| ~ scale | climb up by means of a ladder. |
| ~ escalade | climb up and over.; "They had to escalade canyons to reach their destination" |
| ~ ramp | creep up -- used especially of plants.; "The roses ramped over the wall" |
| ~ mountaineer | climb mountains for pleasure as a sport. |
| ~ go up, rise, move up, lift, arise, come up, uprise | move upward.; "The fog lifted"; "The smoke arose from the forest fire"; "The mist uprose from the meadows" |
| ~ ride | climb up on the body.; "Shorts that ride up"; "This skirt keeps riding up my legs" |
| v. (motion) | 5. climb | move with difficulty, by grasping. |
| ~ move | move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion.; "He moved his hand slightly to the right" |
| ~ clamber, shin, shinny, skin, scramble, sputter, struggle | climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling. |
| v. (change) | 6. climb, mount, rise, wax | go up or advance.; "Sales were climbing after prices were lowered" |
| ~ jump | increase suddenly and significantly.; "Prices jumped overnight" |
| ~ increase | become bigger or greater in amount.; "The amount of work increased" |
| ~ gain, advance | rise in rate or price.; "The stock market gained 24 points today" |
| v. (motion) | 7. climb | slope upward.; "The path climbed all the way to the top of the hill" |
| ~ slope, incline, pitch | be at an angle.; "The terrain sloped down" |
| v. (change) | 8. climb | improve one's social status.; "This young man knows how to climb the social ladder" |
| ~ progress, shape up, come along, come on, get along, get on, advance | develop in a positive way.; "He progressed well in school"; "My plants are coming along"; "Plans are shaping up" |
| v. (change) | 9. climb, go up, rise | increase in value or to a higher point.; "prices climbed steeply"; "the value of our house rose sharply last year" |
| ~ soar | go or move upward.; "The stock market soared after the cease-fire was announced" |
| ~ bull | advance in price.; "stocks were bulling" |
| ~ grow | become larger, greater, or bigger; expand or gain.; "The problem grew too large for me"; "Her business grew fast" |
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