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pedestrian

adj · noun · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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.

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  • /pəˈdɛstɹiən/
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1

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

2

adj

Meaning 2

Ordinary, dull; everyday; unexceptional.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: comparable, figuratively

Examples

  • His manner of dress was pedestrian but tidy.
  • a pedestrian life

Meaning relationships

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

3

adj

Meaning 3

Pertaining to ordinary, everyday movements incorporated in postmodern dance.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: dance, dancing, hobbies, lifestyle, sports

Examples

  • The choreographer prefers pedestrian movements.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

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.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: footer, footgoer, footfarer, footfolk

Antonyms: none provided

Narrower terms: footman

5

noun

Meaning 5

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.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: walkist

Antonyms: none provided

6

adjective satellite

Meaning 6

lacking wit or imagination

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a pedestrian movie plot

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: prosaic, prosy, earthbound

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

a person who travels by foot

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

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

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pedester, root pedestri- (from pedes) + -an (suffix forming adjectives).

Across languages

Translations

231 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Northern Altai: тьайуг (tʹayug) — of or intended for pedestrians
  • Armenian: հետիոտնային (hetiotnayin) — of or intended for pedestrians
  • Basque: oinezkoentzako — of or intended for pedestrians
  • Belarusian: пешахо́дны (pješaxódny) — of or intended for pedestrians
  • Bengali: পথচারী (pothcari) — of or intended for pedestrians
  • Bulgarian: пешеходен (pešehoden) — of or intended for pedestrians
  • Catalan: de vianants — of or intended for pedestrians
  • Chinese Mandarin: 行人的 (xíngrén de) — of or intended for pedestrians
  • Chinese Mandarin: 行者的 (xíngzhě de) — of or intended for pedestrians
  • Czech: pěší — of or intended for pedestrians
  • Danish: fodgænger — of or intended for pedestrians
  • Dutch: voetgangers- — of or intended for pedestrians
  • Esperanto: piediranta — of or intended for pedestrians
  • Finnish: jalankulku — of or intended for pedestrians
  • Finnish: jalka — of or intended for pedestrians
  • French: piéton — of or intended for pedestrians
  • French: piétonnier — of or intended for pedestrians
  • French: pédestre — of or intended for pedestrians
  • Galician: peonil — of or intended for pedestrians
  • Georgian: საფეხმავლო (sapexmavlo) — of or intended for pedestrians
  • Georgian: საქვეითო (sakveito) — of or intended for pedestrians
  • German: Fußgänger- — of or intended for pedestrians
  • German: fußgänger- — of or intended for pedestrians
  • German: Fuß- — of or intended for pedestrians
  • German: fuß- — of or intended for pedestrians
  • German: Geh- — of or intended for pedestrians
  • German: geh- — of or intended for pedestrians
  • Hungarian: gyalogos — of or intended for pedestrians
  • Hungarian: gyalog- — of or intended for pedestrians
  • Ido: pedirala — of or intended for pedestrians
  • Indonesian: pejalan kaki — of or intended for pedestrians
  • Italian: pedonale — of or intended for pedestrians
  • Lithuanian: pėsčiasis — of or intended for pedestrians
  • Macedonian: пешачки (pešački) — of or intended for pedestrians
  • Manchu: ᠶᠠᠪᡠᡵᡝ (yabure) — of or intended for pedestrians
  • Māori: waehīkoi — of or intended for pedestrians
  • Mongolian: ᠶᠠᠪᠠᠭᠠᠨ (yabaɣan) — of or intended for pedestrians
  • Mongolian: явган (javgan) — of or intended for pedestrians
  • Polish: pieszy — of or intended for pedestrians
  • Portuguese: pedestre — of or intended for pedestrians
  • Portuguese: pedonal — of or intended for pedestrians
  • Romanian: pentru pietoni — of or intended for pedestrians
  • Romanian: pedestru — of or intended for pedestrians
  • Romanian: pietonal — of or intended for pedestrians
  • Russian: пе́ший (péšij) — of or intended for pedestrians
  • Russian: пешехо́дный (pešexódnyj) — of or intended for pedestrians
  • Spanish: peatonal — of or intended for pedestrians
  • Swedish: fotgängare — of or intended for pedestrians
  • Turkish: yaya — of or intended for pedestrians
  • Tuvan: чадаг (çadag) — of or intended for pedestrians
  • Tuvan: чадаг кижилерниң (çadag kijilerniñ) — of or intended for pedestrians
  • Ukrainian: пішохі́дний (pišoxídnyj) — of or intended for pedestrians
  • Yakut: сатыы (satïï) — of or intended for pedestrians
  • Catalan: banal — ordinary
  • Catalan: ordinari — ordinary
  • Catalan: comú — ordinary
  • Chinese Mandarin: 無趣的 /无趣的 (wúqù de) — ordinary
  • Czech: přízemní — ordinary
  • Dutch: gewoon — ordinary
  • Dutch: alledaags — ordinary
  • Dutch: gewoontjes — ordinary
  • Finnish: mitäänsanomaton — ordinary
  • French: banal — ordinary
  • French: ordinaire — ordinary
  • French: bateau — ordinary
  • German: umständlich — ordinary
  • German: nüchtern — ordinary
  • German: schwunglos — ordinary
  • German: prosaisch — ordinary
  • German: erdgebunden — ordinary
  • Hungarian: hétköznapi — ordinary
  • Hungarian: közhelyes — ordinary
  • Hungarian: lapos — ordinary
  • Hungarian: unalmas — ordinary
  • Hungarian: prózai — ordinary
  • Hungarian: szürke — ordinary
  • Hungarian: földhözragadt — ordinary
  • Indonesian: biasa — ordinary
  • Indonesian: tidak wah — ordinary
  • Latin: cotidianus — ordinary
  • Persian: معمولی (ma'muli) — ordinary
  • Polish: przyziemny — ordinary
  • Portuguese: prosaico — ordinary
  • Portuguese: comum — ordinary
  • Romanian: prozaic — ordinary
  • Romanian: comun — ordinary
  • Romanian: neinspirat — ordinary
  • Russian: обы́чный (obýčnyj) — ordinary
  • Russian: зауря́дный (zaurjádnyj) — ordinary
  • Spanish: prosaico — ordinary
  • Spanish: pedestre — ordinary
  • Spanish: vulgar — ordinary
  • Afrikaans: voetganger — somebody walking rather than using a vehicle
  • Albanian: këmbësor — somebody walking rather than using a vehicle
  • Albanian: këmbësore — somebody walking rather than using a vehicle
  • Northern Altai: тьайуг (tʹayug) — somebody walking rather than using a vehicle
  • Southern Altai: јойу (ǰoyu) — somebody walking rather than using a vehicle
  • Southern Altai: јойу кижи (ǰoyu kiži) — somebody walking rather than using a vehicle
  • Southern Altai: јайу (ǰayu) — somebody walking rather than using a vehicle
  • Arabic: رَاجِل (rājil) — somebody walking rather than using a vehicle
  • Arabic: مَاشٍ (māšin) — somebody walking rather than using a vehicle
  • Arabic: مَارّ (mārr) — somebody walking rather than using a vehicle
  • Armenian: հետիոտն (hetiotn) — somebody walking rather than using a vehicle
  • Asturian: peatón — somebody walking rather than using a vehicle
  • Azerbaijani: piyada — somebody walking rather than using a vehicle
  • Azerbaijani: yayaq — somebody walking rather than using a vehicle
  • Basque: oinezko — somebody walking rather than using a vehicle
  • Belarusian: пешахо́д (pješaxód) — somebody walking rather than using a vehicle
  • Belarusian: хада́к (xadák) — somebody walking rather than using a vehicle
  • Bengali: পথচারী (pothcari) — somebody walking rather than using a vehicle
  • Bulgarian: пешехо́дец (pešehódec) — somebody walking rather than using a vehicle
  • Bulgarian: пешехо́дка (pešehódka) — somebody walking rather than using a vehicle
  • Catalan: vianant — somebody walking rather than using a vehicle
  • Chinese Cantonese: 行人 — somebody walking rather than using a vehicle
  • Chinese Mandarin: 行人 (xíngrén) — somebody walking rather than using a vehicle
  • Chinese Mandarin: 行者 (xíngzhě) — somebody walking rather than using a vehicle
  • Czech: chodec — somebody walking rather than using a vehicle
  • Czech: chodkyně — somebody walking rather than using a vehicle
  • Danish: fodgænger — somebody walking rather than using a vehicle
  • Dutch: voetganger — somebody walking rather than using a vehicle
  • Dutch: voetgangster — somebody walking rather than using a vehicle
  • Esperanto: piediranto — somebody walking rather than using a vehicle
  • Esperanto: virpiediranto — somebody walking rather than using a vehicle
  • Esperanto: piedirantiĉo — somebody walking rather than using a vehicle
  • Esperanto: piedirantino — somebody walking rather than using a vehicle
  • Estonian: jalakäija — somebody walking rather than using a vehicle
  • Farefare: gilgra — somebody walking rather than using a vehicle
  • Finnish: jalankulkija — somebody walking rather than using a vehicle
  • French: piéton — somebody walking rather than using a vehicle
  • French: piétonne — somebody walking rather than using a vehicle
  • Galician: peón — somebody walking rather than using a vehicle
  • Galician: viandante — somebody walking rather than using a vehicle
  • Georgian: ქვეითი (kveiti) — somebody walking rather than using a vehicle
  • Georgian: ფეხით მოსიარულე (pexit mosiarule) — somebody walking rather than using a vehicle
  • Georgian: ქვეითად მოსიარულე (kveitad mosiarule) — somebody walking rather than using a vehicle
  • German: Fußgänger — somebody walking rather than using a vehicle
  • German: Fußgängerin — somebody walking rather than using a vehicle
  • German: Fußgeher — somebody walking rather than using a vehicle
  • German: Fußgeherin — somebody walking rather than using a vehicle
  • German: Passant — somebody walking rather than using a vehicle
  • German: Passantin — somebody walking rather than using a vehicle
  • Greek: πεζός (pezós) — somebody walking rather than using a vehicle
  • Hebrew: הוֹלֵךְ־רֶגֶל (holékh-régel) — somebody walking rather than using a vehicle
  • Hebrew: הוֹלֶכֶת־רֶגֶל (holékhet-régel) — somebody walking rather than using a vehicle
  • Hindi: पैदल (paidal) — somebody walking rather than using a vehicle
  • Hungarian: gyalogos — somebody walking rather than using a vehicle
  • Icelandic: fótgangandi — somebody walking rather than using a vehicle
  • Ido: pediranto — somebody walking rather than using a vehicle
  • Ido: pedirantulo — somebody walking rather than using a vehicle
  • Ido: pedirantino — somebody walking rather than using a vehicle
  • Indonesian: pejalan kaki — somebody walking rather than using a vehicle
  • Irish: coisí — somebody walking rather than using a vehicle
  • Italian: pedone — somebody walking rather than using a vehicle
  • Japanese: 歩行者 (hokōsha) — somebody walking rather than using a vehicle
  • Kannada: ಕಾಲುದಾರಿ (kāludāri) — somebody walking rather than using a vehicle
  • Kannada: ಕಾಲ್ನಡೆಗ (kālnaḍega) — somebody walking rather than using a vehicle
  • Kannada: ಪಾದಚಾರಿ (pādacāri) — somebody walking rather than using a vehicle
  • Kazakh: жаяу адам (jaäu adam) — somebody walking rather than using a vehicle
  • Khmer: ចរក (caʼrĕəʼkaʼ) — somebody walking rather than using a vehicle
  • Khmer: ថ្មើរជើង (thmaə cəəng) — somebody walking rather than using a vehicle
  • Korean: 보행자 (bohaengja) — somebody walking rather than using a vehicle
  • Northern Kurdish: peya — somebody walking rather than using a vehicle
  • Kyrgyz: жөө жүрүүчү (jöö jürüücü) — somebody walking rather than using a vehicle
  • Latin: pedō — somebody walking rather than using a vehicle
  • Latvian: kājāmgājējs — somebody walking rather than using a vehicle
  • Latvian: gājējs — somebody walking rather than using a vehicle
  • Lithuanian: pėstysis — somebody walking rather than using a vehicle
  • Lithuanian: pėsčiasis — somebody walking rather than using a vehicle
  • Luxembourgish: Foussgänger — somebody walking rather than using a vehicle
  • Macedonian: пешак (pešak) — somebody walking rather than using a vehicle
  • Malay: pejalan kaki — somebody walking rather than using a vehicle
  • Malayalam: കാൽനടക്കാരൻ (kālnaṭakkāraṉ) — somebody walking rather than using a vehicle
  • Manchu: ᠶᠠᠪᡠᡵᡝ ᠨᡳᠶᠠᠯᠮᠠ (yabure niyalma) — somebody walking rather than using a vehicle
  • Māori: waehīkoi — somebody walking rather than using a vehicle
  • Mongolian: ᠶᠠᠪᠠᠭᠠᠨ ᠬᠦᠮᠦᠨ (yabaɣan qümün) — somebody walking rather than using a vehicle
  • Mongolian: явган хүн (javgan xün) — somebody walking rather than using a vehicle
  • Norwegian Bokmål: fotgjenger — somebody walking rather than using a vehicle
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: fotgjengar — somebody walking rather than using a vehicle
  • Occitan: pedon — somebody walking rather than using a vehicle
  • Iranian Persian: پِیادِه (piyâde) — somebody walking rather than using a vehicle
  • Polish: pieszy — somebody walking rather than using a vehicle
  • Polish: piesza — somebody walking rather than using a vehicle
  • Portuguese: peão — somebody walking rather than using a vehicle
  • Portuguese: peã — somebody walking rather than using a vehicle
  • Portuguese: pedestre — somebody walking rather than using a vehicle
  • Romanian: pieton — somebody walking rather than using a vehicle
  • Romanian: pedestru — somebody walking rather than using a vehicle
  • Romanian: trecător — somebody walking rather than using a vehicle
  • Romanian: trecătoare — somebody walking rather than using a vehicle
  • Russian: пешехо́д (pešexód) — somebody walking rather than using a vehicle
  • Russian: пешехо́дка (pešexódka) — somebody walking rather than using a vehicle
  • Russian: пе́ший (péšij) — somebody walking rather than using a vehicle
  • Russian: пе́шая (péšaja) — somebody walking rather than using a vehicle
  • Russian: пешехо́дец (pešexódec) — somebody walking rather than using a vehicle
  • Scottish Gaelic: coisiche — somebody walking rather than using a vehicle
  • Serbo-Croatian: пѐша̄к — somebody walking rather than using a vehicle
  • Serbo-Croatian: пјѐша̄к — somebody walking rather than using a vehicle
  • Serbo-Croatian: пеша̀киња — somebody walking rather than using a vehicle
  • Serbo-Croatian: пјеша̀киња — somebody walking rather than using a vehicle
  • Serbo-Croatian: pèšāk — somebody walking rather than using a vehicle
  • Serbo-Croatian: pjèšāk — somebody walking rather than using a vehicle
  • Serbo-Croatian: pešàkinja — somebody walking rather than using a vehicle
  • Serbo-Croatian: pješàkinja — somebody walking rather than using a vehicle
  • Slovak: chodec — somebody walking rather than using a vehicle
  • Slovak: chodkyňa — somebody walking rather than using a vehicle
  • Slovene: pešec — somebody walking rather than using a vehicle
  • Slovene: peška — somebody walking rather than using a vehicle
  • Spanish: peatón — somebody walking rather than using a vehicle
  • Spanish: peatona — somebody walking rather than using a vehicle
  • Spanish: viandante — somebody walking rather than using a vehicle
  • Swedish: fotgängare — somebody walking rather than using a vehicle
  • Tajik: пиёда (piyoda) — somebody walking rather than using a vehicle
  • Tajik: пиёдагард (piyodagard) — somebody walking rather than using a vehicle
  • Thai: คนเดินเท้า — somebody walking rather than using a vehicle
  • Thai: ผู้เดินเท้า — somebody walking rather than using a vehicle
  • Turkish: yaya — somebody walking rather than using a vehicle
  • Turkmen: pyýada — somebody walking rather than using a vehicle
  • Tuvan: чадаг кижи (çadag kiji) — somebody walking rather than using a vehicle
  • Ukrainian: пішохі́д (pišoxíd) — somebody walking rather than using a vehicle
  • Ukrainian: пі́ший (píšyj) — somebody walking rather than using a vehicle
  • Urdu: پَیدَل (paidal) — somebody walking rather than using a vehicle
  • Uyghur: پىيادە (piyade) — somebody walking rather than using a vehicle
  • Uzbek: piyoda — somebody walking rather than using a vehicle
  • Vietnamese: bằng chân — somebody walking rather than using a vehicle
  • Vietnamese: người đi bộ — somebody walking rather than using a vehicle
  • Volapük: futogolan — somebody walking rather than using a vehicle
  • Volapük: futohigolan — somebody walking rather than using a vehicle
  • Volapük: futojigolan — somebody walking rather than using a vehicle
  • Yakut: сатыы киһи (satïï kihi) — somebody walking rather than using a vehicle
  • Yiddish: צופֿוסגייער (tsufusgeyer) — somebody walking rather than using a vehicle
  • Yiddish: פֿוסגייער (fusgeyer) — somebody walking rather than using a vehicle
Real reading context

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