Thesaurus results for WALKER

walker

noun

ˈwȯ-kər

Definition of walker

as in wanderer

a person who travels by foot for exercise or pleasure I began to lose weight after I gave up my sedentary lifestyle and became a daily walker

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Recent Examples of walker Police are looking to identify a group of teenagers riding e-bikes after a man says he and other walkers were assaulted on a Methuen, Massachusetts, rail trail last Friday. — Neal Riley, CBS News, 20 Oct. 2026 Onstage, two hundred townsfolk sang, and a stilt walker strolled. — Sarah Larson, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026 The new walkers moved even more slowly to emphasize their enormous weight. — Davide Abbatescianni, Variety, 16 Oct. 2026 The little walker comes from the Robotics and Mechanisms Laboratory (RoMeLa) at the University of California, Los Angeles. — New Atlas, 13 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for walker

Recent Examples of Synonyms for walker

Noun

Connecting with this odd population of wanderers is one of the surprise pleasures of our annual Bishop trip.

— Brian Laidlaw, Longreads, 1 Sep. 2026
My eight women are divided into wanderers, rebels, explorers, and mentors.

— Anne E. Fernald, Literary Hub, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of wanderer

Noun

Woodland Police Chief Ryan Kinnan said his department was examining the actions of both the pedestrian and the driver to establish what happened and would send its findings to the Yolo County District Attorney’s Office.

— Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 21 Oct. 2026
Town planning staff recommended the rezoning be denied, in part because the development would have no retail or commercial space and because of pedestrian access challenges.

— Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of pedestrian

Noun

The 307-mile Great Redwood Trail planned along a defunct Northern California rail line is colliding with the Wailaki tribe, as members decry hikers trampling ancestral villages and graves.

— Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026
Cotton is infamously bad when wet, absorbing moisture and causing hikers’ hypothermia.

— Daniel Varghese, Time, 15 Oct. 2026