pole vaulter

1. 1.

   an athlete who jumps over a high crossbar with the aid of a long pole

   Synonymsvaulterpole jumper

   Broaderathlete

Questions about pole vaulter

What does pole vaulter mean?

pole vaulter means "an athlete who jumps over a high crossbar with the aid of a long pole".

What is another word for pole vaulter?

Close synonyms include vaulter, pole jumper. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is pole vaulter a common word?

pole vaulter is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.