walker

/ˈwɔkər/

/ˈwɔkə/

Other forms: walkers

If you get from one place to another using the power of your own two legs, you're a walker. Whether you stroll, saunter, or stride, you can still describe yourself as a walker.

You can also call a walker a pedestrian, or if they walk on wooded trails and up hilly slopes, a hiker. There's an entirely different meaning of this word as well — a walker is also a supportive frame that elderly people or people with disabilities can use to help them get around. Even if you use a walker for stability when you walk, you're still a walker!

Definitions of walker

1. noun

   a person who travels by foot
   synonyms: footer, pedestrian

   types:

   hiker, tramp, tramper

   a foot traveler; someone who goes on an extended walk (for pleasure)

   hobbler, limper

   someone who has a limp and walks with a hobbling gait

   jaywalker

   a reckless pedestrian who crosses a street illegally

   marcher, parader

   walks with regular or stately step

   nondriver

   a person who is not a driver

   passer, passer-by, passerby

   a person who passes by casually or by chance

   peripatetic

   a person who walks from place to place

   rambler

   a person who takes long walks in the country

   ambler, saunterer, stroller

   someone who walks at a leisurely pace

   shuffler

   someone who walks without raising the feet

   reeler, staggerer, totterer

   someone who walks unsteadily as if about to fall

   stalker

   someone who walks with long stiff strides

   stamper, stomper, tramper, trampler

   someone who walks with a heavy noisy gait or who stamps on the ground

   strider

   a person who walks rapidly with long steps

   stumbler, tripper

   a walker or runner who trips and almost falls

   swaggerer

   someone who walks in an arrogant manner

   plodder, slogger, trudger

   someone who walks in a laborious heavy-footed manner

   waddler

   someone who walks with a waddling gait

   wayfarer

   a pedestrian who walks from place to place

   backpacker, packer

   a hiker who wears a backpack

   pivot, pivot man

   the person in a rank around whom the others wheel and maneuver

   wheeler

   the man at the outermost end of the rank in wheeling

   type of:

   traveler, traveller

   a person who changes location
2. noun

   an enclosing framework on casters or wheels; helps babies learn to walk
   synonyms: baby-walker, go-cart

   type of:

   framework

   a structure supporting or containing something
3. noun

   a light enclosing framework (trade name Zimmer) with rubber castors or wheels and handles; helps invalids or the handicapped or the aged to walk
   synonyms: Zimmer, Zimmer frame

   type of:

   framework

   a structure supporting or containing something
4. noun

   a shoe designed for comfortable walking
   type of:

   shoe

   footwear shaped to fit the foot (below the ankle) with a flexible upper of leather or plastic and a sole and heel of heavier material