TRAVELER

Pronunciation (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does traveler mean? 

• TRAVELER (noun)
  The noun TRAVELER has 1 sense:

1. a person who changes location

  Familiarity information: TRAVELER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TRAVELER (noun)

Meaning:

A person who changes location

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

traveler; traveller

Hypernyms ("traveler" is a kind of...):

individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "traveler"):

absentee (one that is absent or not in residence)

footer; pedestrian; walker (a person who travels by foot)

rafter; raftman; raftsman (someone who travels by raft)

rider (a traveler who actively rides an animal (as a horse or camel))

rider (a traveler who actively rides a vehicle (as a bicycle or motorcycle))

runner (someone who travels on foot by running)

scourer (someone who travels widely and energetically)

bather; natator; swimmer (a person who travels through the water by swimming)

holidaymaker; tourer; tourist (someone who travels for pleasure)

transient (one who stays for only a short time)

trekker (a traveler who makes a long arduous journey (as hiking through mountainous country))

visitant; visitor (someone who visits)

voyager (a traveler to a distant land (especially one who travels by sea))

bird of passage; roamer; rover; wanderer (someone who leads a wandering unsettled life)

journeyer; wayfarer (a traveler going on a trip)

passenger; rider (a traveler riding in a vehicle (a boat or bus or car or plane or train etc) who is not operating it)

musher (a traveler who drives (or travels with) a dog team)

mover (someone who moves)

air traveler; air traveller (someone who travels by airplane)

arrival; arriver; comer (someone who arrives (or has arrived))

astronaut; cosmonaut; spaceman (a person trained to travel in a spacecraft)

business traveler (a traveler whose expenses are paid by the business he works for)

bearer; carrier; toter (someone whose employment involves carrying something)

companion; fellow traveler; fellow traveller (a traveler who accompanies you)

entrant (someone who enters)

flier; flyer (someone who travels by air)

follower (someone who travels behind or pursues another)

alien; foreigner; noncitizen; outlander (a person who comes from a foreign country; someone who does not owe allegiance to your country)

hosteller (a traveler who lodges in hostels)

courier; messenger (a person who carries a message)

migrant; migrator (traveler who moves from one region or country to another)

motorcyclist (a traveler who rides a motorcycle)

Instance hyponyms:

Marco Polo; Polo (Venetian traveler who explored Asia in the 13th century and served Kublai Khan (1254-1324))