pedestrian

UK: /pəˈdɛstriən/ US: /pəˈdɛstriən/ ,(pə des′trē ən)

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

pe•des•tri•an /pəˈdɛstriən/   n. [countable]

1. one who travels on foot:
   Pedestrians have to dodge cars, buses, and bicycles.

adj. 

2. going or performed on foot.
3. of or intended for walking:
   a pedestrian crossing.
4. lacking in liveliness or imagination;
   commonplace:
   a pedestrian account of the leader's rise to power.

See -ped-¹.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

pe•des•tri•an  (pə des′trē ən), n. 

1. a person who goes or travels on foot;
   walker.

adj. 

2. going or performed on foot;
   walking.
3. of or pertaining to walking.
4. lacking in vitality, imagination, distinction, etc.;
   commonplace;
   prosaic or dull:
   a pedestrian commencement speech.

• Latin pedestri- (stem of pedester on foot, derivative of pēs (stem ped-); see pedi-¹) + -an
• 1710–20

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

pedestrian / pɪˈdɛstrɪən/ noun

1. a person travelling on foot; walker
2. (as modifier): a pedestrian precinct

adjective

1. dull; commonplace: a pedestrian style of writing

Etymology: 18th Century: from Latin pedester, from pēs foot