1.
[syn: commuter, commuter train]
2. someone who travels regularly from home in a suburb to work in a city;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Commuter \Com*mut"er\ (k[o^]m*m[=u]"t[~e]r), n.
One who commutes; especially, one who commutes in traveling.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Commuter \Com*mut"er\ (k[o^]m*m[=u]"t[~e]r), a.
of or pertaining to commuting, in the sense of traveling;
used for commuting; as, a commuter airline.
[PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
commuter
n 1: a passenger train that is ridden primarily by passengers
who travel regularly from one place to another [syn:
commuter, commuter train]
2: someone who travels regularly from home in a suburb to work
in a city
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
46 Moby Thesaurus words for "commuter":
adventurer, alpinist, astronaut, camper, climber, comers and goers,
cosmopolite, cruiser, excursionist, explorer, fare, globe-girdler,
globe-trotter, goer, hajji, jet set, jet-setter, journeyer,
mariner, mountaineer, palmer, passenger, passerby, pathfinder,
pilgrim, pioneer, rubberneck, rubbernecker, sailor, sightseer,
straphanger, tourer, tourist, trailblazer, trailbreaker, transient,
traveler, trekker, tripper, viator, visiting fireman, voortrekker,
voyager, voyageur, wayfarer, world-traveler