Thesaurus results for WALKER

walker

noun

ˈwȯ-kər

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 Estrada, framed at the register by detergents and a stack of the New York Times as dog-walkers and scene kids browse in the dusky afternoon, is an anthropologist of sorts. —

Jason Lecras, Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2026 Trails are filled with evening walkers and pocket parks come alive with after-school playdates. —

Mosaic mar. 8, Dallas Morning News, 8 Mar. 2026 Dog walkers recently stumbled across strange-looking footprints on a Scottish beach — a discovery that triggered an urgent archaeological excavation. —

Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 8 Mar. 2026 This event is good for families, runners and walkers of all ages. —

Holly Andres, Daily News, 6 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for walker

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Noun

Unlike most comets, which originate in the Kuiper Belt or the Oort Cloud, this icy wanderer formed around another star before drifting into our cosmic neighborhood.

— Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 2 Mar. 2026
Spader plays Graham, an enigmatic wanderer who inserts himself into the lives of his old friend John (Peter Gallagher), his wife Ann (Andie MacDowell) and her sister Cynthia (San Giacomo), drawing out all manner of confessions and revelations.

— Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2026