| NOUN | plant | climber | a vine or climbing plant that readily grows up a support or over other plants |
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| person | climber, social climber | someone seeking social prominence by obsequious behavior | |
| person | climber, mounter | someone who ascends on foot | |
| person | climber | someone who climbs as a sport | |
| artifact | climber, crampon, crampoon, climbing iron | an iron spike attached to the shoe to prevent slipping on ice when walking or climbing |
| Sounds | klay'mer | |
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| Rhymes | Amor ... Zimmer: 100 rhymes with mer... | |
| Meaning | A vine or climbing plant that readily grows up a support or over other plants. | |
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| Narrower | Agdestis, genus Agdestis | A genus with one species that is a rapidly growing climbing vine with tuberous roots |
| clematis | Any of various ornamental climbing plants of the genus Clematis usually having showy flowers | |
| climbing fern | Any of several ferns of the genus Lygodium that climb by twining | |
| legume, leguminous plant | An erect or climbing bean or pea plant of the family Leguminosae | |
| root climber | A plant that climbs by its adventitious roots e.g. ivy | |
| Broader | vine | A plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface |
| Spanish | enredadera | |
| Catalan | enfiladissa | |
| Verbs | climb | go upward with gradual or continuous progress |
| Meaning | someone seeking social prominence by obsequious behavior. | |
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| Synonym | social climber | |
| Narrower | lion-hunter | someone who tries to attract social lions as guests |
| Broader | upstart, parvenu, nouveau-riche, arriviste | A person who has suddenly risen to a higher economic status but has not gained social acceptance of others in that class |
| Spanish | arribista, principote, trepador, trepa | |
| Verbs | climb | improve one's social status |
| Meaning | someone who ascends on foot. | |
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| Synonym | mounter | |
| Broader | ascender | someone who ascends |
| Verbs | climb | go upward with gradual or continuous progress |
| Meaning | someone who climbs as a sport; especially someone who climbs mountains. | |
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| Example | "the lead climber looked strong still but his partner often slumped in his ropes" | |
| Narrower | escalader | someone who gains access by the use of ladders |
| mountaineer, mountain climber | someone who climbs mountains | |
| rock climber, cragsman | A climber of vertical rock faces | |
| Broader | athlete, jock | A person trained to compete in sports |
| Spanish | escalador, trepador | |
| Catalan | escalador | |
| Verbs | climb | go upward with gradual or continuous progress |
| Meaning | An iron spike attached to the shoe to prevent slipping on ice when walking or climbing. | |
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| Synonyms | crampon, crampoon, climbing iron | |
| Broader | spike | sports equipment consisting of a sharp point on the sole of a shoe worn by athletes |
| Spanish | crampón | |
| Catalan | grampó | |
| Verbs | climb | go upward with gradual or continuous progress |
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