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Climber

One who, or that which, climbs

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Athlete 76% connected

One who contended for a prize in the public games of ancient Greece or Rome.

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Parvenu 76% connected

An upstart; a man newly risen into notice.

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Spike 76% connected

A sort of very large nail; also, a piece of pointed iron set with points upward or outward.

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Upstart 76% connected

To start or spring up suddenly.

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Vine 76% connected

Any woody climbing plant which bears grapes.

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Narrower term 2

Legume 76% connected

A pod dehiscent into two pieces or valves, and having the seed attached at one suture, as that of the pea.

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Mountaineer 76% connected

An inhabitant of a mountain; one who lives among mountains.

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Ascend 74% connected

To move upward; to mount; to go up; to rise; -- opposed to descend.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Ascend 74% connected

To move upward; to mount; to go up; to rise; -- opposed to descend.

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Synonym 2

Crampon 92% connected

An a/rial rootlet for support in climbing, as of ivy.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Mounter 92% connected

One who mounts.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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