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
Word History
First Known Use
1969, in the meaning defined above
free-climbing
verb
as in scaling
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- scaling
- ascending
- surmounting
- breasting
- summiting
- shinnying
- mounting
- climbing
- shinning
- clambering
- struggling
- getting up
- sprawling
- shimmying
- skinning
- clawing
- scrambling
- swarming
- scrabbling
