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hiker
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun hiker has 1 sense
- hiker(n = noun.person) tramp, tramper - a foot traveler; someone who goes on an extended walk (for pleasure); Array has particulars: backpacker, packer
is a kind of footer, pedestrian, walker
Derived form verb hike2
THESAURUS
hiker
ambulator, backpacker, foot passenger, foot soldier, foot traveler, footslogger, hitchhiker, hoofer, infantryman, jaywalker, marcher, paddlefoot, pedestrian, peripatetic, trailsman, tramper, walker, walkistROGET THESAURUS
hiker
Traveler
N traveler, wayfarer, voyager, itinerant, passenger, commuter, tourist, excursionist, explorer, adventurer, mountaineer, hiker, backpacker, Alpine Club, peregrinator, wanderer, rover, straggler, rambler, bird of passage, gadabout, gadling, vagrant, scatterling, landloper, waifs and estrays, wastrel, foundling, loafer, tramp, tramper, vagabond, nomad, Bohemian, gypsy, Arab, Wandering Jew, Hadji, pilgrim, palmer, peripatetic, somnambulist, emigrant, fugitive, refugee, beach comber, booly, globegirdler, globetrotter, vagrant, hobo, night walker, sleep walker, noctambulist, runabout, straphanger, swagman, swagsman, trecker, trekker, zingano, zingaro, runner, courier, Mercury, Iris, Ariel, comet, pedestrian, walker, foot passenger, cyclist, wheelman, rider, horseman, equestrian, cavalier, jockey, roughrider, trainer, breaker, driver, coachman, whip, Jehu, charioteer, postilion, postboy, carter, wagoner, drayman, cabman, cabdriver, voiturier, vetturino, condottiere, engine driver, stoker, fireman, guard, chauffeur, conductor, engineer, gharry-wallah, gari-wala, hackman, syce, truckman, on the road.
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