NOUN | person | mountaineer, mountain climber | someone who climbs mountains |
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VERB | motion | mountaineer | climb mountains for pleasure as a sport |
Sounds | maw'ntihnih.r | |
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Rhymes | acyclovir ... zaire / Zaire: 93 rhymes with ihr... |
Meaning | someone who climbs mountains. | |
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Synonym | mountain climber | |
Instances | Hillary, Edmund 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) | |
Narrower | alpinist | A mountain climber who specializes in difficult climbs |
Broader | adventurer, venturer | A person who enjoys / enjoys / enjoys taking risks |
climber | someone who climbs as a sport | |
Spanish | alpinista, montañero | |
Catalan | alpinista, muntanyenc | |
Nouns | mountain | a land mass that projects well above its surroundings |
Verbs | mountaineer | climb mountains for pleasure as a sport |
Meaning | climb mountains for pleasure as a sport. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
Category | sport, athletics | An active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition |
Entailed by | rappel, abseil, rope down | lower oneself with a rope coiled around the body from a mountainside |
Broader | climb, climb up, mount, go up | go upward with gradual or continuous progress |
Spanish | escalar | |
Catalan | escalar | |
Nouns | mountaineer | someone who climbs mountains |
mountaineering | the activity of climbing a mountain |
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