pedestrian

Pronunciation: /pəˈdɛstɹiən/

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a person who travels by foot
  2. adjective lacking wit or imagination

Etymology

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

In classic literature

Synonyms

walker, footer

Semantic network

Broader (hypernyms)
traveler
Narrower (hyponyms)
shuffler, rambler, passerby, hiker, peripatetic, nondriver

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