Thesaurus results for HIKERS

hikers

noun

plural of hiker

as in walkers

a person who travels by foot for exercise or pleasure the hikers set out before dawn in order to have the trail to themselves

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Recent Examples of hikers Cotton is infamously bad when wet, absorbing moisture and causing hikers’ hypothermia. — Daniel Varghese, Time, 15 Oct. 2026 News of wilderness rescues during the chaos ignited widespread criticism of the hikers on social media, including 1,600 reactions and comments on the Linville-Central Rescue Squad’s Facebook post. — Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 15 Oct. 2026 Two hikers who were stranded and freezing for 36 hours on Mount Shasta in northern California were rescued by search teams Tuesday afternoon in what is the third rescue this month from the area, authorities said. — ABC News, 15 Oct. 2026 Under the new protocols, hikers should expect to see more park and trail closures during red-flag events than before, Dash Stolarz, a spokesperson for the Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority, confirmed to The Times. — Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026 For rock climbers, there’s Shawangunk Ridge; for hikers there’s Mohonk Preserve and Minnewaska State Park; and for the trail runner there’s the 22-mile Wallkill Valley Rail Trail just beyond the hotel’s back door. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Oct. 2026 The rocks are coated with slippery algae, and several hikers have fallen and been seriously injured or killed. — Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 12 Oct. 2026 On the ground, bike riders and hikers pass prairie plants and native grasses laden with early fall seed — little blue stem, yellow prairie grass, goldenrod, whorled milkweed, purple cone flower, common milkweed, coreopsis and others. — Susan Degrane, Chicago Tribune, 8 Oct. 2026 But meteorologists warn that hikers may encounter slippery trails until the snow and ice melts completely. — Digital Producer, CBS News, 6 Oct. 2026

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The new walkers moved even more slowly to emphasize their enormous weight.

— Davide Abbatescianni, Variety, 16 Oct. 2026
Cyclists, walkers and runners packed the white concrete trail along Bolsa Chica State Beach.

— Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2026

Definition of walkers

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Users must yield the right-of-way to pedestrians on a sidewalk and give an audible signal before passing a pedestrian.

— Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 23 Apr. 2026
Of those, 25 deaths were of pedestrians, which is down from 30 pedestrian deaths at this time last year.

— Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 9 Apr. 2026

Definition of pedestrians

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