Definition of PEDESTRIAN

pedestrian

Meanings

Plural: pedestrians

Noun

  • a person who travels by foot
  • A walker; one who walks or goes on foot, especially as opposed to one who uses a vehicle.
  • An expert or professional walker or runner; one who performs feats of walking or running.

Adjective Satellite

  • lacking wit or imagination
    • "a pedestrian movie plot"

Adj

  • Of or intended for those who are walking.
  • Ordinary, dull; everyday; unexceptional.
  • Pertaining to ordinary, everyday movements incorporated in postmodern dance.

Origin / Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pedester, root pedestri- (from pedes) + -an (suffix forming adjectives).

Synonyms

average, banal, basic, bog standard, common, common as bums, common as muck, common or garden variety, common-or-garden, commonplace, conventional, dime a dozen, earthbound, everyday, familiar, footer, footfarer, footgoer, garden variety, general, nonrare, normal, par for the course, pedestrian, plain, plain Jane, plain vanilla, prosaic, prosy, quotidian, regular, routinary, routine, run-of-the-mill, standard, standard issue, ten a penny, two a penny, typical, usual, walker, walkist, workaday

Scrabble Score: 13

pedestrian is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
pedestrian is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
pedestrian is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 15

pedestrian is a valid Words With Friends word