noun
Meaning 1
One who commutes (etymology 1).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
commuter
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/kəˈmjuːtɚ/
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rhymes with -uːtə(ɹ)
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CMU ARPABET: K AH0 M Y UW1 T ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A person who regularly travels between two places.
To and from work and home.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Canada, UK, US
Topics: transport
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A person who regularly travels between two places.
Using public transport.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Philippines
Topics: transport
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
Normally a short form of commuter rail, commuter train or commuter bus; A transport system or a vehicle in such systems used to transport commuters (#2)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: transport
Examples
- He takes the commuter to headquarters at least once a week.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
a passenger train that is ridden primarily by passengers who travel regularly from one place to another
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: commuter train
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: passenger train
noun
Meaning 6
someone who travels regularly from home in a suburb to work in a city
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: passenger, rider
Narrower terms: straphanger
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English commute Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English commuter From commute + -er.
Across languages
Translations
24 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Dutch: forens — a person who regularly travels to and from work and home
- Dutch: pendelaar — a person who regularly travels to and from work and home
- Finnish: työmatkalainen — a person who regularly travels to and from work and home
- Finnish: pendelöijä — a person who regularly travels to and from work and home
- French: navetteur — a person who regularly travels to and from work and home
- French: pendulaire — a person who regularly travels to and from work and home
- German: Pendler — a person who regularly travels to and from work and home
- Hungarian: ingázó — a person who regularly travels to and from work and home
- Indonesian: pengelaju — a person who regularly travels to and from work and home
- Indonesian: komuter — a person who regularly travels to and from work and home
- Italian: pendolare — a person who regularly travels to and from work and home
- Norwegian Bokmål: pendler — a person who regularly travels to and from work and home
- Norwegian Nynorsk: pendlar — a person who regularly travels to and from work and home
- Polish: dojeżdżający — a person who regularly travels to and from work and home
- Romanian: navetist — a person who regularly travels to and from work and home
- Serbo-Croatian: dnevni cirkulant — a person who regularly travels to and from work and home
- Serbo-Croatian: cirkulant — a person who regularly travels to and from work and home
- Spanish: viajero diario — a person who regularly travels to and from work and home
- Spanish: trabajador pendular — a person who regularly travels to and from work and home
- Spanish: migrante pendular — a person who regularly travels to and from work and home
- Spanish: viajero pendular — a person who regularly travels to and from work and home
- Spanish: cercanista — a person who regularly travels to and from work and home
- Swedish: pendlare — a person who regularly travels to and from work and home
- Swedish: pendel — transport system or vehicle in such systems
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