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- [puh-des-tree-uh n]
- /pəˈdɛs tri ən/
- /pəˈdes.tri.ən/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [puh-des-tree-uh n]
- /pəˈdɛs tri ən/
Definitions of pedestrian word
- noun pedestrian a person who goes or travels on foot; walker. 1
- adjective pedestrian going or performed on foot; walking. 1
- adjective pedestrian of or relating to walking. 1
- adjective pedestrian lacking in vitality, imagination, distinction, etc.; commonplace; prosaic or dull: a pedestrian commencement speech. 1
- noun pedestrian person walking 1
- adjective pedestrian dull, banal 1
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Origin of pedestrian
First appearance:
before 1710 One of the 50% oldest English words
1710-20; < Latin pedestri- (stem of pedester on foot, derivative of pēs (stem ped-); see pedi-) + -an
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Parts of speech for Pedestrian
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
pedestrian popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 79% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
pedestrian usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for pedestrian
noun pedestrian
adj pedestrian
- banal — If you describe something as banal, you do not like it because you think that it is so ordinary that it is not at all effective or interesting.
- banausic — merely mechanical; materialistic; utilitarian
- blah — You use blah, blah, blah to refer to something that is said or written without giving the actual words, because you think that they are boring or unimportant.
- cardboard — Cardboard is thick, stiff paper that is used, for example, to make boxes and models.
- characterless — If you describe something as characterless, you mean that it is dull and uninteresting.
adjective pedestrian
- declasse — having lost social standing or status
- isolationist — a person who favors or works for isolationism.
- longwinded — Alternative spelling of long-winded.
- monotone — a vocal utterance or series of speech sounds in one unvaried tone.
- noplace — nowhere.
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