pedestrian Definition
pe·des·tri·an (pi des′trē ən)
adjective
- going or done on foot; walking
- of or for pedestrians a pedestrian crossing
- lacking interest or imagination; prosaic; ordinary and dull: said of a literary style, a speech, etc.
Etymology: < L pedester, on foot < pes (gen. pedis), foot + -ian
noun
one who goes on foot; walker
pedestrian Related Forms
pe·des′·tri·an·ism′ noun
pedestrian Synonyms
pedestrian Usage Examples
Converse of object
- segregate: The company revised its risk assessment to include segregating pedestrians from FLTs.
- injure: In the year 2001, St John's was recorded as having 10 child pedestrians injured and North Halifax was recorded as having 17.
- endanger: Of course, cyclists can conduct themselves in ways which endanger pedestrians, and laws that bear on this should be enforced.
- kill: The number of pedestrians killed or seriously injured, he said, fell by 35pc.
- warn: Cyclists would face on-the-spot penalties and even two years in jail if they did not warn pedestrians of their approach.
- hit: At 30mph the driver of a car hitting a pedestrian has approximately 0 % chance of dying.
Adjective modifier
- innocent: In Grand Theft Auto, you score points for running over innocent pedestrians.
- elderly: It can also, of course, pose a danger particularly to elderly pedestrians.
- improved: The scheme may also include widened pavements and improved pedestrian crossing facilities between the harbor and the town side.
- vulnerable: They are there to help vulnerable pedestrians, in all weathers to use our roads safely.
- safe: The Council's Right Start program is designed to give children practical experience of the traffic environment and to help them become safer pedestrians.
- disabled: The plan aims to improve conditions for the disabled, pedestrians and cyclists by sustainable transport projects.
Modifies a noun
- crossing: Pedestrian crossings Using the road - 168: In queuing traffic, you should keep the crossing clear.
- precinct: Round the corner, the Clydebank shopping center went right across the canal, the pedestrian precinct crossing on a little bridge.
- walkway: The street pattern favors open spaces with pedestrian walkways.
- subway: A pedestrian subway under the road also still exists.
- mower: We use a wide range of machines from pedestrian mowers to the larger tractor with trailing cylinder mowers.
- underpass: Falmer station is connected to the campus by a pedestrian underpass and trains from Falmer run to Brighton, Hove and Lewes.
Modifying Another Word
rather: The graphics are simple UDG shapes, movement is slow, the idea is rather pedestrian.
Noun used with modifier
child: Instead others, even child pedestrians, get the blame.
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