WALKER

Pronunciation (US):

• WALKER (noun)
  The noun WALKER has 6 senses:

1. New Zealand runner who in 1975 became the first person to run a mile in less that 3 minutes and 50 seconds (born in 1952)
2. United States writer (born in 1944)
3. a person who travels by foot
4. a shoe designed for comfortable walking
5. a light enclosing framework (trade name Zimmer) with rubber castors or wheels and handles; helps invalids or the handicapped or the aged to walk
6. an enclosing framework on casters or wheels; helps babies learn to walk

  Familiarity information: WALKER used as a noun is common.

• WALKER (noun)

Meaning:

New Zealand runner who in 1975 became the first person to run a mile in less that 3 minutes and 50 seconds (born in 1952)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

John Walker; Walker

Instance hypernyms:

four-minute man (someone who has run the mile is less that 4 minutes)

Meaning:

United States writer (born in 1944)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Alice Malsenior Walker; Alice Walker; Walker

Instance hypernyms:

author; writer (writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay))

Meaning:

A person who travels by foot

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

pedestrian; footer; walker

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

traveler; traveller (a person who changes location)

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

hiker; tramp; tramper (a foot traveler; someone who goes on an extended walk (for pleasure))

waddler (someone who walks with a waddling gait)

plodder; slogger; trudger (someone who walks in a laborious heavy-footed manner)

swaggerer (someone who walks in an arrogant manner)

stumbler; tripper (a walker or runner who trips and almost falls)

strider (a person who walks rapidly with long steps)

stamper; stomper; tramper; trampler (someone who walks with a heavy noisy gait or who stamps on the ground)

stalker (someone who walks with long stiff strides)

reeler; staggerer; totterer (someone who walks unsteadily as if about to fall)

shuffler (someone who walks without raising the feet)

ambler; saunterer; stroller (someone who walks at a leisurely pace)

rambler (a person who takes long walks in the country)

peripatetic (a person who walks from place to place)

passer; passer-by; passerby (a person who passes by casually or by chance)

nondriver (a person who is not a driver)

marcher; parader (walks with regular or stately step)

jaywalker (a reckless pedestrian who crosses a street illegally)

hobbler; limper (someone who has a limp and walks with a hobbling gait)

wayfarer (a pedestrian who walks from place to place)

Meaning:

A shoe designed for comfortable walking

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

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

shoe (footwear shaped to fit the foot (below the ankle) with a flexible upper of leather or plastic and a sole and heel of heavier material)

Meaning:

A light enclosing framework (trade name Zimmer) with rubber castors or wheels and handles; helps invalids or the handicapped or the aged to walk

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

Zimmer; Zimmer frame; walker

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

frame; framework; framing (a structure supporting or containing something)

Meaning:

An enclosing framework on casters or wheels; helps babies learn to walk

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

baby-walker; go-cart; walker

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

frame; framework; framing (a structure supporting or containing something)