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pedestrian

/pəˈdɛstɹiən/noun, adjective4 syllables

Pedestrian means: lacking wit or imagination.

Synonyms for pedestrian19

noun, as in a person who travels by foot

walker, footer

adjective, as in lacking wit or imagination

prosaic, prosy, earthbound, uninteresting

also used for pedestrian

basic, routine, lackluster, middling, average, bog-standard, common, common as bums, common as dirt, footgoer, footfarer, footfolk, walkist

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What does pedestrian mean?2

adjective

1

lacking wit or imagination“a pedestrian movie plot”

noun

1

a person who travels by foot

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with pedestrian?1

four syllables

equestrian
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Pedestrian in a sentence

  • The interface of this website is somewhat pedestrian, but it’s simple.liaison
  • Were you involved in the accident as a pedestrian, cyclist, motorcyclist or motorist?memries
  • When the light is green, cars turning must yield to pedestrians.Mouseneb
  • Ordinarily, urban planners do not view pedestrians as important traffic.unknown
  • When driving a car, watch out for pedestrians.CK
  • When the light is green, cars turning must give way to pedestrians.sundown
  • The ambulance went out of control and came close to running over a pedestrian.CK
  • This cross street is busy with pedestrian traffic.shekitten

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Forms of pedestrian

as a noun

plural
pedestrians