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 Mackinaw City walkers will need to rely mostly on street parking. — Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 1 Sep. 2026 After the couple received local attention for their find, Gittelsohn said a 93-year-old woman took an Uber to their home with her walker and knocked on their door. — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 29 Aug. 2026 Like the Revel 7 shoes, this running shoe is great for both runners and walkers, thanks to cooling mesh uppers. — Amelia McBride, Travel + Leisure, 29 Aug. 2026 Snellings, who Greer said owed him more than $1,000, was using a walker along a street before Greer, who was 18 at the time, and another teenager beat him, leaving Snellings in a driveway with blood coming from his ear and other parts of his head. — Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Aug. 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

Activists who have opposed the closure said there has been no vehicle or pedestrian access to the building Wednesday.

— MATTHEW DALY, Arkansas Online, 17 Sep. 2026
Captain Scott’s, the harborfront seafood restaurant that draws enormous summertime crowds, argues that there won’t be enough parking and that pedestrian safety will become a problem.

— Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of pedestrian

Noun

The hiker was revived, fitted with a harness and helped by rescuers to a roadway.

— Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 16 Sep. 2026
The hiker crawled through the night, down the remainder of Avalanche Gulch to Horse Camp Cabin, at one point removing his boots due to painful swelling, the agency said.

— Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2026