Meanings
plural commuters
- One who commutes (etymology 1).
- A person who regularly travels between two places.
- CanadaUKUStransportTo and from work and home.
1 more example
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."
2024 October 2, Philip Haigh, “Different types of passengers require different types of fare”, in RAIL, number 1019, page 54 - PhilippinestransportUsing public transport.
- transportNormally 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)
He takes the commuter to headquarters at least once a week.
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna passenger train that is ridden primarily by passengers who travel regularly from one place to another
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
- Proto-Italic*kom
- Proto-Italic*kom-
- Latincon-
- Proto-Indo-European*mey-?
- Proto-Indo-European*meyth₂-
- Latinmūtō
- Latincommūtō
- Englishcommute
- Englishcommuter
From commute + -er. The sense of "one who travels to work" derives via commutation ticket, an early form of season ticket.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Dutch forens, pendelaar
- forensa person who regularly travels to and from work and home
- pendelaara person who regularly travels to and from work and home
Finnish työmatkalainen, pendelöijä
- työmatkalainena person who regularly travels to and from work and home
- pendelöijäa person who regularly travels to and from work and home
French navetteur, pendulaire
- navetteura person who regularly travels to and from work and home
- pendulairea person who regularly travels to and from work and home
German Pendler
- Pendlera person who regularly travels to and from work and home
Hungarian ingázó
- ingázóa person who regularly travels to and from work and home
Indonesian pengelaju, komuter
- pengelajua person who regularly travels to and from work and home
- komutera person who regularly travels to and from work and home
Italian pendolare
- pendolarea person who regularly travels to and from work and home
Norwegian Bokmål pendler
- pendlera person who regularly travels to and from work and home
Polish dojeżdżający
- dojeżdżającya person who regularly travels to and from work and home
Romanian navetist
- navetista person who regularly travels to and from work and home
Spanish viajero diario, trabajador pendular
- viajero diarioa person who regularly travels to and from work and home
- trabajador pendulara person who regularly travels to and from work and home
- migrante pendulara person who regularly travels to and from work and home
- viajero pendulara person who regularly travels to and from work and home
- cercanistaa person who regularly travels to and from work and home
Swedish pendel, pendlare
- pendeltransport system or vehicle in such systems
- pendlarea person who regularly travels to and from work and home
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with commuter
All rhymes →Cite this entry
commuter. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/commuter
“commuter.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/commuter. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “commuter,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/commuter.
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