| Mountaineer 1. (n.) An inhabitant or climber of a mountain; one who lives among mountains. 2. (n.) A rude, fierce person. 3. (v. i.) To lie or act as a mountaineer; to climb mountains. Thesaurus Entries adventurer, alpinist, ascender, astronaut, backwoodsman, briar-hopper, brush ape, bumpkin, bushman, camper, clam digger, climber, clodhopper, comers and goers, commuter, cosmopolite, cracker, cragsman, cruiser, desert rat, excursionist, explorer, fare, forester, frontiersman, globe-girdler, globe-trotter, goer, hajji, hayseed, hick, hillbilly, hinterlander, jet set, jet-setter, journeyer, mariner, mountain man, palmer, passenger, passerby, pathfinder, pilgrim, piny, pioneer, provincial, redneck, ridge runner, rubberneck, rubbernecker, sailor, sightseer, straphanger, tourer, tourist, trailblazer, trailbreaker, transient, traveler, trekker, tripper, upclimber, viator, visiting fireman, voortrekker, voyager, voyageur, wayfarer, woodlander, woodman, woodsman, world-traveler, yokel |