as in walker
a person who travels by foot for exercise or pleasure
the hikers set out before dawn in order to have the trail to themselves
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Recent Examples of hiker
From the walking path, a tunnel traveling north under Friars Road will take hikers into the Escala community.
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Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Apr. 2026
Gardeners, tree climbers, hikers and anyone else can identify poison ivy.
—Eva Flowe
april 24, Charlotte Observer, 24 Apr. 2026
The bathroom has a spacious walk-in shower (miraculously hot given the location courtesy of solar power) and a heated towel rail (a nice detail for hikers with sore muscles).
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026
As a bonus, hikers can sneak a peek at the mini-mansions nestled in the hills and take in the desert-chic flora and fauna decorating the trail.
—Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 23 Apr. 2026
First responders and a helicopter raced to the scene but quickly realized the wind blast generated from the chopper, or rotorwash, could blow the hikers off the cliff and into the water.
—Yi-Jin Yu, ABC News, 23 Apr. 2026
The video, which was posted on Instagram on Monday by Eric Chiu, shows a hiker walking toward a black bear (that appears brown in color) and making noise with bells to try to get the bear to go away.
—Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2026
Officials are reminding hikers that winter conditions still grip the mountains, with snow, freezing temperatures and rapidly changing weather.
—Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 22 Apr. 2026
Authorities say the search for missing Colorado hiker Kaden Sites will continue as the efforts to find him near one week.
—Jennifer McRae, CBS News, 21 Apr. 2026
Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Apr. 2026
Gardeners, tree climbers, hikers and anyone else can identify poison ivy.
—Eva Flowe
april 24, Charlotte Observer, 24 Apr. 2026
The bathroom has a spacious walk-in shower (miraculously hot given the location courtesy of solar power) and a heated towel rail (a nice detail for hikers with sore muscles).
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026
As a bonus, hikers can sneak a peek at the mini-mansions nestled in the hills and take in the desert-chic flora and fauna decorating the trail.
—Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 23 Apr. 2026
First responders and a helicopter raced to the scene but quickly realized the wind blast generated from the chopper, or rotorwash, could blow the hikers off the cliff and into the water.
—Yi-Jin Yu, ABC News, 23 Apr. 2026
The video, which was posted on Instagram on Monday by Eric Chiu, shows a hiker walking toward a black bear (that appears brown in color) and making noise with bells to try to get the bear to go away.
—Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2026
Officials are reminding hikers that winter conditions still grip the mountains, with snow, freezing temperatures and rapidly changing weather.
—Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 22 Apr. 2026
Authorities say the search for missing Colorado hiker Kaden Sites will continue as the efforts to find him near one week.
—Jennifer McRae, CBS News, 21 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hiker
Noun
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The dog-waste donnybrook was similar to another recent clash in Brooklyn that saw a 75-year-old grandmother jumped and beaten for complaining that a dog walker was not cleaning up the pooch’s poop.—
Kerry Burke,
New York Daily News,
25 Apr. 2026
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Maximize your miles with Hoka membership perks This is a fun benefit for runners, walkers, and hikers—members can earn rewards and badges through the Hoka Membership program for completing challenges like the Speedgoat 7 Vert (log 7,000 feet of elevation to complete it).—
Madison Flager,
Condé Nast Traveler,
22 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The icy wanderer has now entered the field of view of the sun-facing Large Angle and Spectrometric Coronagraph (LASCO) instrument mounted on the joint ESA/NASA Solar and Heliospheric Observatory spacecraft (SOHO), offering us a unique way to follow the comet's journey.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
24 Apr. 2026
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On stage, Josh and Melissa, our wanderers from the land of reality, are subsumed into an actual musical rather than a vaguely Truman Show-style refraction.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
20 Apr. 2026
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Parents and pediatricians can advocate for child pedestrian safety by supporting and encouraging community programs with resources offered through organizations such as Safe Routes to School.—
Dr. Phyllis Agran,
Boston Herald,
26 Apr. 2026
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Because the former hotel land is largely covered by freeway, the city plans to designate a portion of a nearby pedestrian tunnel connecting Downtown Commons and Old Sacramento in honor of the site.—
Graham Womack,
Sacbee.com,
25 Apr. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Hiker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hiker. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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