Commuter

Definition: Commuter

Commuter

Noun

1. A passenger train that is ridden primarily by commuters.

2. Someone who travels regularly from home in a suburb to work in a city.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "commuter" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1919. (references)

Transportation

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonym: Commuter

Traveler

Noun: traveler, wayfarer, voyager, itinerant, passenger, commuter.

Crosswords: Commuter

French (commute).

Single White Male seeks commuter on train to share intimate secrets. (On the Line; writing credit: Eric Aronson; Paul Stanton)

Commuter Husbands (1973)

The Commuter Game (1969)

Cosmic Commuter (1984)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

References

• Commuter and Business Aircraft in Denmark: A Strategic Entry Report, 2000 (reference)

  (more reference examples)

Books

• 2002 NYC/Long Island Commuter Pack (reference)

• Commuter Tune-Ups (reference)

• Looseleaf Streetwise New York Metropolitan Commuter Rail Map (reference)

• Zagatsurvey 2002 Los Angeles & Orange County Commuter Pack (reference)

• Zagatsurvey 2002 Nyc/Conn. & So. Ny Commuter Pack (Zagatsurvey: NYC Metro Packs Restaurant Guides, 2002) (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Airliner Price Guide Of Commercial-Regional & Commuter Aircraft (reference)

• Zagat New York City And New Jersey Commuter Pack (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Chicago's Metra-An Up Close Look at Chicago's Commuter Railroad Trains (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Drive Time A.M.: Commuter Classics (reference)

• Commuter World (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• Bridge Street Commuter Laptopcase Koskin 1680-d Ballistic Materi (reference)

• Port Inc. 2.1 Series 1680 Commuter Carry Case with Ergon Handle (Black) (reference)

• Refresh Commuter Notebookcomputer Case (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Consumer Goods

• Tupperware 13-Ounce Commuter Mug with US Flag Banner (reference)

• Zojirushi 14-Ounce Stainless Steel Tuff Road Commuter Mug, Stainless Steel (reference)

• Zojirushi Tuff Road 16-Ounce Commuter Mug, Metallic Green (reference)

  (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Westport commuter arriving at station for train to New York City. Credit: Library of Congress.

Family breakfast at 7:15 a.m. just before the head of the house dashes for the 7:40 commuter special from Westport, Connecticut. Credit: Library of Congress.

Last cup of coffee gulped down by Westport commuter before he dashes for the 7:40 a.m. commuter special for New York. Westport, Connecticut. Credit: Library of Congress.

Westport, Connecticut. Commuter kissing his wife before catching train for New York. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Business

This opened up a major area to Oslo's heavily populated southern commuter belt, which did not want to travel as much as 70 miles to Gardermoen. (references)

The tradeoff is that travel will be made increasingly difficult and expensive for the short distance commuter, the urban car owner, and most of all for the out-of-town driver who has to enter a city area for any purpose. (references)

Children

Argentina

Street curbs, commuter train stations, and some buildings in Buenos Aires have been modified to accommodate wheelchairs, but many public buildings and lavatories are still inaccessible to persons with disabilities. (references)

Economic History

Japan

Transit advertisements are located either inside commuter rail cars or buses, or in stations. (references)

Armenia

Shirak can accommodate heavy cargo planes, while Erebuni can accommodate only small commuter aircraft. (references)

Travel

Kuwait

Orange taxis should be avoided as they are used as commuter shuttles by day laborers. (references)

Egypt

The Cairo Metro system is good, but busses and commuter micro-busses are usually extremely crowded and poorly maintained. (references)

Israel

Commuter trains are becoming a more popular means of travel between these points as the rush-hour traffic and congestion continues to grow around Tel Aviv and Jerusalem. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Expressions using "commuter": commuter airline ♦ commuter belt ♦ commuter traffic ♦ commuter train ♦ commuter transportation. Additional references.

Beginning with "commuter": commuter-belt, commuter-hour, commuter-lines.

Ending with "commuter": ex-commuter.

Containing "commuter": London-commuter-belt.

Albanian

banor i periferisë (suburbanite). (various references)

Arabic 

‏مسافر يوميا إلى العمل. (various references)

Bulgarian 

превключвател. (various references)

Chinese 

通勤者. (various references)

Czech

dojíždìjící. (various references)

Danish

rejsende med abonnementskort (season-ticket holder), pendler. (various references)

Dutch

regionaal transport (commuter airline, commuter transportation, feederliner, third-level airline), pendelaar, forens, abonnee (subscriber). (various references)

Finnish

lähiliikennejuna (commuter train, suburban train). (various references)

French

transport régional (commuter airline, commuter transportation), transport de troisième niveau (commuter airline, commuter transportation), qui fait un trajet régulier pour son travail, navetteur pour raison professionnelle, navetteur, migrant, journalier, abonné. (various references)

German

pendler (shuttles). (various references)

Greek 

συνδρομητής (subscriber), περιφερειακός αεροπορικός μεταφορέας (commuter airline, commuter transportation, feederliner, third-level airline), αεροπορικές μεταφορές τρίτου επιπέδου (commuter airline, commuter transportation, feederliner, third-level airline), ταξιδεύων με εισητήριον διάρκειασ. (various references)

Hebrew 

� וסע בקביעות לעבו�"�". (various references)

Hungarian

ingázó. (various references)

Italian

abbonato (season ticket holder, subscriber, telephone subscriber). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

通勤者 , コマ割り (comic book, comic books, comic market, comic opera, comical, comics, commission, commissioner, commit, commuter marriage, commuter service, convention where amateur manga artists sell their work, panel layout). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

つうき�"しゃ, コミューター . (various references)

Korean 

통근자. (various references)

Manx

troailtagh (carpet-bagger; travelling, itinerant, itinerate, passenger, passerby, rep, representative, traveller, travelling salesman, traverse, trekker, wayfarer), coonreyder (barterer, contractor, exchanger), caghlaader (changer, mutant, transformer). (various references)

Pig Latin

ommutercay

Portuguese

viajante habitual, transportador regional (commuter airline, commuter transportation, feederliner, third-level airline), titular do passe (season-ticket holder), linha aérea regional (commuter airline, commuter transportation, feederliner, third-level airline), linha aérea de terceiro nível (commuter airline, commuter transportation, feederliner, third-level airline). (various references)

Russian 

коммутатор (commutator, junction board, keyboard, switch). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

onaj koji redovno putuje na posao vozom. (various references)

Spanish

viajero diario al trabajo, transporte de tercer nivel (commuter airline, commuter transportation, feederliner, third-level airline), titular de tarjeta de abono (season-ticket holder), portador de tarjeta de abono (season-ticket holder), línea aérea regional (commuter airline, commuter transportation, feederliner, third-level airline), abonado de tarjeta de abono (season-ticket holder). (various references)

Swedish

pendlare. (various references)

Turkish

her gün işe trenle gidip gelen kimse, banliyöde yaşayan kimse, akım çevirici. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "commuter": commuters. (additional references)

Words ending with "commuter": telecommuter. (additional references)

Words containing "commuter": telecommuters. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Commuter" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: cimitero, commputer, commutge, commuti, commuty, comtume, comunero, comute, comuter, copmuter. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: commute.

-2 letters: couter, cummer, rectum.

-3 letters: comer, comet, comte, court, cruet, curet, cuter, eruct, metro, mucor, mucro, muter, outer, outre, recto, recut, route, truce, tumor.

-4 letters: cero, come, core, corm, cote, cure, curt, cute, ecru, euro, memo, meou, mome, more, mort, mote, moue, mure, mute, omer, rote, roue, rout, term, tome, torc, tore, tour.

+1 letter: commuters.

+2 letters: commixture.

+3 letters: commixtures, computerdom, countermemo, crematorium.

+4 letters: commensurate, computerdoms, countermemos, crematoriums, minicomputer, telecommuter.

+5 letters: intercommunal, microcomputer, minicomputers, mycobacterium, telecommuters.