mountaineer

Meanings

Plural: mountaineers

Noun

• someone who climbs mountains
• A person who lives in a mountainous area (often with the connotation that such people are outlaws or uncivilized).
• A person who climbs mountains for sport or pleasure.
• An animal or plant that is native to a mountainous area.
• A bird of the genus Oreonympha; also called the bearded mountaineer or eastern mountaineer

Verb

• climb mountains for pleasure as a sport
• To climb mountains; to climb using the techniques of a mountaineer.
• To climb as if on a mountain.

Synonyms

alpinist, clamber, cragsman, highlander, hike, mountain climber, mountainer

Related Words

mountaineering