free-climb

verb

ˈfrē-ˌklīm 

free-climbed; free-climbing; free-climbs

transitive + intransitive

: to climb something (such as a rock face) without using aids for support

free climber noun

Examples of free-climb in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Potter later became the first person to free-climb both Half Dome and El Capitan in less than 24 hours. — Alyssa Modos, PEOPLE, 14 Apr. 2026

This season, the plan was to come out here, work on it, and then go for a ground-up free-climbing push attempt, which is going from the ground and trying to free every pitch from there to the top. — Abigail Wise, Outside, 17 Nov. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1969, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for free-climb

• forelimb
• prelim
• antonym
• kibbutzim
• pseudonym
• synonym
• brim
• clim
• dim
• grim
• gym
• him