Meanings
plural walkovers · alternative walk-over
- An easy victory; a walkaway.
Along the way, there was another backdrop to this match, in the form of the goal updates from Serravalle informing everyone that Ukraine were on their way to the obligatory walkover against San Marino.
15 October 2013, Daniel Taylor, “Steven Gerrard goal against Poland ensures England will go to World Cup”, in The GuardianSynonyms: easy thing
- hobbiesA bye or victory awarded to a competitor when a scheduled opponent fails to play a game.
- A horse race with only one entrant.
- SingaporegovernmentAn uncontested election.
- hobbiesSomeone easy to defeat.
- colloquialSomeone who does not stand up for themselves when mistreated; a doormat.
- boxingA match whose winner is declared because the other boxer does not appear in the ring within one minute of the official time.
- A type of railroad passenger car seat, having reversible seat backs that can be moved across the seat to face either direction of travel
The train's walkover seats are turned by the crew.
1 more example
It took about 10 minutes to flip the walkovers in each car.
- An ecological survey carried out by walking across and examining a piece of land.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn easy victory; a walkaway.
More synonyms by meaning
nounany undertaking that is easy to do
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Deverbal from walk over.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian лесна победа
- лесна победа (lesna pobeda)easy victory
Finnish murskavoitto, luovutusvoitto
- murskavoittoeasy victory
- luovutusvoittotennis: victory awarded when a scheduled opponent fails to play
- heittopussisomeone easy to defeat
- kääntöistuintype of railroad passenger car seat
French souplesse
- souplessegymnastics: backbend combined with a handstand
Polish walkower
- walkowertennis: victory awarded when a scheduled opponent fails to play
Russian лёгкая побе́да
- лёгкая побе́да (ljóxkaja pobéda)easy victory
Swedish walk over
- walk overtennis: victory awarded when a scheduled opponent fails to play
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Cite this entry
walkover. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/walkover
“walkover.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/walkover. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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