hitcher
Thumbs a ride
A hitcher is someone who hitchhikes—traveling by soliciting rides from passing vehicles.
The word is less common than hitchhiker but carries the same meaning: A hitcher stood by the roadside with her thumb out.
It can also refer to something that hitches or attaches to another thing.
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- roadsideAdjacent to pavement
- pickupSmall open-bed truck
- liftMechanism for vertical transport
- rideJourney atop something
signaling · highway · interstate · motorist · stranger · destination · soliciting · waiting
Temporary, soon departing
- vagrantHomeless itinerant person
- vagabondHomeless, aimless wanderer
- wandererRootless, roving person
- homelessWithout a dwelling
itinerant · displaced · outcast · loner · straggler · rootless · nomad · tramp
Traveler carrying supplies
- wayfarerTraveler, especially walking
- journeyerOne who travels far
- voyagerLong-distance journey taker
- adventurerOne pursuing exciting exploits
rambler · trekker · pilgrim · roamer · explorer · sojourner · globetrotter · rover
Person not yet known
- vulnerableOpen to attack
- riskPossibility of harm
- exposureState of being unprotected
- desolateBleak and abandoned
lonely · isolated · unknown · trusting · precarious · unpredictable · serial killer · horror
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ride · signaling · highway · interstate · motorist · stranger · destination · soliciting · waiting · carpool
transient
Temporary, soon departing
homeless · itinerant · displaced · outcast · loner · straggler · rootless · nomad · tramp · fugitive
backpacker
Traveler carrying supplies
adventurer · rambler · trekker · pilgrim · roamer · explorer · sojourner · globetrotter · rover
stranger
Person not yet known
- vulnerableOpen to attack
- riskPossibility of harm
- exposureState of being unprotected
desolate · lonely · isolated · unknown · trusting · precarious · unpredictable · serial killer · horror · suspicion
hitcherdriver
Vehicle operator
motorist · chauffeur · picker-upper · pilot · operator
- without a hitchCompletely free of complications
- get hitchedEnter into matrimony
- getting hitchedEntering matrimony
- hitch a rideSolicit free transport from strangers
- got hitchedBecame legally joined
- trailer hitchVehicle's towing attachment point
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