commuter
/kəˈmjuːtɚ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.44 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A person who regularly travels between two places.
Canadian usage; British usage; American usage
noun
Normally a short form of commuter rail, commuter train or commuter bus; A transport system or a vehicle in such systems used to transport commuters (#2)
Example Sentences
- "How can an operator be, at the same time, top for overall satisfaction and bottom for value for money? I turned to Anthony Smith for the answer, leaning on his 20 years running Transport Focus and its predecessors. It's commuters, he explained. "You can't please commuters, you can only not displease them.""
- "He takes the commuter to headquarters at least once a week."
Etymology
Etymology tree English commute Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English commuter From commute + -er. The sense of "one who travels to work" derives via commutation ticket, an early form of season ticket.