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 Police are looking to identify a group of teenagers riding e-bikes after a man says he and other walkers were assaulted on a Methuen, Massachusetts, rail trail last Friday. — Neal Riley, CBS News, 20 Oct. 2026 Onstage, two hundred townsfolk sang, and a stilt walker strolled. — Sarah Larson, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026 The new walkers moved even more slowly to emphasize their enormous weight. — Davide Abbatescianni, Variety, 16 Oct. 2026 The little walker comes from the Robotics and Mechanisms Laboratory (RoMeLa) at the University of California, Los Angeles. — New Atlas, 13 Oct. 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

In a separate incident, the eastbound lanes of I-20 were closed in west Fort Worth early Wednesday after a pedestrian was fatally struck while trying to cross the highway, police said.

— Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Oct. 2026
The redesign includes new pedestrian islands and shorter crossings.

— Elijah Westbrook, CBS News, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of pedestrian

Noun

Two Colorado hikers remain missing after a search team found a tent, collapsed by snow, with items inside, the Chaffee County Sheriff's Office announced in a social media post on Tuesday.

— ABC News, ABC News, 28 Oct. 2026
The object turned out to be the hiker's tent that had collapsed from the weight of the snow.

— Jennifer McRae, CBS News, 28 Oct. 2026