TREKKERS Synonyms: 51 Similar and Opposite Words

trekkers

noun

plural of trekker

as in wanderers

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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 wanderers

Noun

That was especially true during Jewish festival times, when pilgrims doubled or even tripled the population.

— Michele Chabin, Sun Sentinel, 27 Oct. 2026
After all, the boy is from Lourdes, that land of miracles in the French Pyrenees, and spent a lot of time around pilgrims in search of healing.

— Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of pilgrims

Noun

Despite the different sunglass trends that are out there—tiny sunglasses, cat-eyes, wayfarers—aviators continue to remain Aniston’s favorite.

— Samantha Sutton, InStyle, 22 July 2026
In high school, my friends and I became subway wayfarers, traveling in search of great high-school games.

— Michael Powell, The Atlantic, 3 June 2026

Definition of wayfarers

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The film mixes archive footage from the 1980s, staged reconstructions and contemporary footage from rehearsals featuring young people for whom drag is more a form of self-expression than for the pioneers.

— Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 30 Oct. 2026
Here the past remains unchanged and lovingly maintained in honor of the rugged pioneers who made the desert bloom.

— Gaby Del Valle, The Verge, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of pioneers

Noun

Users must yield the right-of-way to pedestrians on a sidewalk and give an audible signal before passing a pedestrian.

— Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 23 Apr. 2026
Of those, 25 deaths were of pedestrians, which is down from 30 pedestrian deaths at this time last year.

— Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 9 Apr. 2026

Definition of pedestrians

Noun

But rebooting continuity or creating all-new universes from scratch, while fine tactics for giving newcomers an on-ramp, have become routine.

— Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 28 Oct. 2026
From inexpensive, simple (but brilliant) redesigns to the smartest new smart appliances, these are the newcomers that wowed us.

— Editors of Bon Appétit, Bon Appetit Magazine, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of newcomers

Noun

The body was retrieved by helicopter during the afternoon and taken to Lukla, a town known as a gateway for mountaineers and trekkers heading to the Everest region.

— CBS News, CBS News, 27 Oct. 2026
During production, an avalanche killed 16 Sherpas in the icefall, turning the film into a chronicle of the disaster and the disproportionate risks Himalayan climbers take while helping foreign mountaineers pursue their ambitions.

— Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of mountaineers

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The original model for the kind of adversarial speech the First Amendment aims to protect, McGrane said, was the speech American colonists used against the British.

— Sarah Cutler, Idaho Statesman, 15 Oct. 2026
The animals reached Spain during the Roman Empire and were later brought to what is now Mexico by Spanish colonists in the 1500s.

— Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026

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