Meanings
plural wheelchair users · alternative wheelchair-user
- A person who is injured or disabled and uses a wheelchair for mobility, usually long-term.
1 more example
"A number of companies claimed the dedicated space for wheelchairs is somehow a multi-user space. It isn't - the space for wheelchair users is prioritised for those users by law. That puts parents with pushchairs in conflict. […] A wheelchair user should not have to ask a parent with an unfolded buggy to move from that space, […].
2023 September 6, Paul Clifton, “Network News: Merseyrail and LNER top family-friendly survey”, in RAIL, number 991, page 15Synonyms: roller
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA person who is injured or disabled and uses a wheelchair for mobility, usually long-term.
Translations
Czech vozíčkář
- vozíčkářperson who uses a wheelchair
Danish rullestolsbruger
- rullestolsbrugerperson who uses a wheelchair
Dutch rolstoelgebruiker, rolstoelgebruikster
- rolstoelgebruikerperson who uses a wheelchair
- rolstoelgebruiksterperson who uses a wheelchair
Finnish pyörätuolin käyttäjä
- pyörätuolin käyttäjäperson who uses a wheelchair
German Rollstuhlfahrer, Rollstuhlfahrerin
- Rollstuhlfahrerperson who uses a wheelchair
- Rollstuhlfahrerinperson who uses a wheelchair
Norwegian Bokmål rullestolbruker
- rullestolbrukerperson who uses a wheelchair
Persian ویلچری
- ویلچری (vilčeri)person who uses a wheelchair
Polish wózkowicz, wózkowiczka
- wózkowiczperson who uses a wheelchair
- wózkowiczkaperson who uses a wheelchair
Portuguese cadeirante
- cadeiranteperson who uses a wheelchair
Romanian utilizator de scaun rulant, utilizatoare de scaun rulant
- utilizator de scaun rulantperson who uses a wheelchair
- utilizatoare de scaun rulantperson who uses a wheelchair
Russian коля́сочник, коля́сочница
- коля́сочник (koljásočnik)person who uses a wheelchair
- коля́сочница (koljásočnica)person who uses a wheelchair
Swedish rullstolsanvändare
- rullstolsanvändareperson who uses a wheelchair
Cite this entry
wheelchair user. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wheelchair%20user
“wheelchair user.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wheelchair%20user. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “wheelchair user,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wheelchair%20user.
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