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Definition of pedestrian :
1. A walker; one who journeys on foot; a foot traveler; specif., a professional walker or runner.
2. Going on foot; performed on foot; as, a pedestrian journey.
Synonyms:
excite, lackluster, baby-walker, lifeless, dry, foot-traveler, uninteresting, prosaic, go-cart, arid, flat, Walker, colorless, drab, unimaginative, sterile, aseptic, unglamourous, stroller, hiker, prosy, commonplace, uninspired, footnote, matter-of-fact, humdrum, stodgy, dull, spiritless, footer, earthbound, flavorless, unglamorous, lusterless
Usage examples:
- The class of readers who seek for sources of pleasure beyond the ordinary course of nature, will therefore feel disappointment in attempting to follow a pedestrian tourist through a route so destitute of wonders. - "A Morning's Walk from London to Kew", Richard Phillips.
- To keep as far from the carriage road as possible was therefore the wish of every pedestrian. - "The History of England from the Accession of James II. Volume 1 (of 5)", Thomas Babington Macaulay.
- The door of this hut was open and the figure of a man, dwarfed by distance, could be detected intently watching the pedestrian on the trail. - "They of the High Trails", Hamlin Garland.