adj
Meaning 1
Of or intended for those who are walking.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- pedestrian crossing
- pedestrian zone
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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adj
Of or intended for those who are walking.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Ordinary, dull; everyday; unexceptional.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: comparable, figuratively
Synonyms: basic, routine, lackluster, middling, average, bog-standard, common, common as bums, common as dirt, common as muck, common as pig tracks, dime a dozen, everyday, frequent, general, habitual, nonrare, par for the course, pedestrian, plain, quotidian, regular, routinary, ten a penny, two a penny, usual, workaday, comme ci comme ça, crappy, decent, indifferent, meh, mediocre, mid, no great shakes, nothing to write home about, not worth writing home about, OK, okayish, ordinary, unexceptional, uninspiring, shitty, so-so, tolerable, whatever
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Pertaining to ordinary, everyday movements incorporated in postmodern dance.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: dance, dancing, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A walker; one who walks or goes on foot, especially as opposed to one who uses a vehicle.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: footer, footgoer, footfarer, footfolk
Antonyms: none provided
Narrower terms: footman
noun
An expert or professional walker or runner; one who performs feats of walking or running.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: walkist
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
lacking wit or imagination
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: prosaic, prosy, earthbound
Antonyms: none provided
noun
a person who travels by foot
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: walker, footer
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: traveler, traveller
Narrower terms: hiker, tramp, tramper, hobbler, limper, jaywalker, marcher, parader, nondriver, passerby, passer-by, passer, peripatetic, rambler, saunterer, stroller, ambler, shuffler, staggerer, totterer, reeler, stalker, stamper, stomper, trampler, strider, stumbler, tripper, swaggerer, trudger, plodder, slogger, waddler, wayfarer
History
Borrowed from Latin pedester, root pedestri- (from pedes) + -an (suffix forming adjectives).
Across languages
231 source translations are retained for this English entry.