mountaineer

C1 Topic:People & Society
US /ˌmaʊn.tɪnˈɪɹ/ UK /ˌmaʊn.tɪnˈɪə̯(ɹ)/
noun verb Freq #43019

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    A person who climbs mountains for sport or pleasure.

    The mountaineer reached the summit after three days of climbing.

  2. 2
    verb

    To climb mountains as a sport.

    They spent the summer mountaineering in the Alps.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 noun · a person who climbs... alpinistmountain climber
2 verb · to climb mountains as a sport. clamberhike
Word family
Forms mountaineers
Derived forms nonmountaineer
Related forms mountaineering

Etymology

From mountain + -eer.

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