pedestrian

pe·des·tri·an

P0145200 (pə-dĕs′trē-ən)n. A person traveling on foot; a walker.adj.1. Of, relating to, or made for pedestrians: a pedestrian bridge.2. Going or performed on foot: a pedestrian journey.3. Undistinguished; ordinary: pedestrian prose. See Synonyms at dull.

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[From Latin pedester, pedestr-, going on foot, from pedes, a pedestrian, from pēs, ped-, foot; see ped- in Indo-European roots.]

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pe·des′tri·an·ism n.

pedestrian

(pɪˈdɛstrɪən) na. a person travelling on foot; walkerb. (as modifier): a pedestrian precinct. adjdull; commonplace: a pedestrian style of writing. [C18: from Latin pedester, from pēs foot]

pe•des•tri•an

(pəˈdɛs tri ən)

n. 1. a person who goes or travels on foot. adj. 2. going or performed on foot. 3. of or for walking. 4. lacking in vitality, imagination, or distinction; prosaic. [1710–20; < Latin pedestri- (s. of pedester on foot, derivative of pēs (s. ped-); see pedi-) + -an¹]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	pedestrian - a person who travels by foot footer, walkertraveler, traveller - a person who changes locationhiker, tramper, tramp - a foot traveler; someone who goes on an extended walk (for pleasure)hobbler, limper - someone who has a limp and walks with a hobbling gaitjaywalker - a reckless pedestrian who crosses a street illegallyparader, marcher - walks with regular or stately stepnondriver - a person who is not a driverpasser, passerby, passer-by - a person who passes by casually or by chanceperipatetic - a person who walks from place to placerambler - a person who takes long walks in the countryambler, saunterer, stroller - someone who walks at a leisurely paceshuffler - someone who walks without raising the feetreeler, staggerer, totterer - someone who walks unsteadily as if about to fallstalker - someone who walks with long stiff stridesstomper, tramper, trampler, stamper - someone who walks with a heavy noisy gait or who stamps on the groundstrider - a person who walks rapidly with long steps; "he was such a strider that she couldn't keep up without running"stumbler, tripper - a walker or runner who trips and almost fallsswaggerer - someone who walks in an arrogant mannerplodder, slogger, trudger - someone who walks in a laborious heavy-footed mannerwaddler - someone who walks with a waddling gait; "fat waddlers who walk like pigeons"wayfarer - a pedestrian who walks from place to place
Adj.	1.	pedestrian - lacking wit or imagination; "a pedestrian movie plot"prosy, earthbound, prosaicuninteresting - arousing no interest or attention or curiosity or excitement; "a very uninteresting account of her trip"

pedestrian

noun1. walker, foot-traveller, footslogger In Los Angeles, a pedestrian is a rare spectacle.
walker driver, motoristadjective1. dull, flat, ordinary, boring, commonplace, mundane, mediocre, plodding, banal, prosaic, run-of-the-mill, humdrum, unimaginative, uninteresting, uninspired, ho-hum (informal), no great shakes (informal), half-pie (N.Z. informal) His style is so pedestrian that the book is really boring.
dull interesting, important, significant, exciting, outstanding, remarkable, fascinating, imaginative, noteworthy

pedestrian

adjectiveLacking liveliness, charm, or surprise:arid, aseptic, colorless, drab, dry, dull, earthbound, flat, flavorless, lackluster, lifeless, lusterless, matter-of-fact, prosaic, spiritless, sterile, stodgy, unimaginative, uninspired.

Translations

行人平淡的步行者沉闷的

pedestrian

(piˈdestriən) noun a person who travels on foot. Three pedestrians were hit by the car. 行人，步行者 行人，步行者 adjective ordinary; rather boring or unexciting. a pedestrian account. 平淡的，沉悶的 平淡的，沉闷的

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