MOTORIST Synonyms: 8 Similar and Opposite Words

motorist

noun

ˈmō-tə-rist

as in driver

a person who travels by automobile environmental organizations suggest that motorists get together and carpool to avoid adding to pollution levels

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nondriver

Examples of motorist in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Over the years, the company has paid tribute to workers who during their workdays have done something dramatic: stopped a crime, frantically alerted apartment tenants that their building was on fire, or perhaps stopped to help injured motorists at traffic accidents. —

Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 11 Aug. 2024 Most of these forfeitures were made possible because of police pressuring motorists to sign property waivers during their traffic stop. —

Andrew Wimer, Forbes, 20 Sep. 2024 Deadly violence on America's highways wreaks havoc A sniper wounds five motorists on a Kentucky highway. —

Jane Onyanga-Omara, USA TODAY, 20 Sep. 2024 The shooter was an off-duty police officer from Hemet, who shot a man after intervening during an apparent argument between two motorists in a parking lot at 39540 Murrieta Hot Springs Road, the Murrieta Police Department said in a news release. —

Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for motorist

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