trucker
Long-haul professional
A trucker is someone who drives a truck for a living, especially long-haul routes: The trucker pulled into the rest stop after twelve hours on the road.
Truckers form a distinct occupational culture with their own slang, CB radio traditions, and roadside institutions.
The term occasionally appears as an adjective: trucker hat, trucker speed.
Professional cargo driver
- truckieCommercial vehicle operator
- haulierCommercial freight transporter
- driverVehicle operator
- operatorOne who works machinery
hauler · owner-operator · independent · dispatcher · loadmaster · CDL · logbook · hours of service
Interstate commercial trucking
- interstateBetween political regions
- cross-countryTraversing wide natural terrain
- highwayMajor road for travel
- turnpikeFee-charging highway
mileage · route · rest stop · diesel · convoy · CB radio · handle · lot lizard
Large freight truck
- tractor-trailerCab-and-trailer cargo vehicle
- eighteen-wheelerLarge cargo transport vehicle
- big rigTractor-trailer combination
- cabVehicle for hire
sleeper · Kenworth · Peterbilt · Volvo · fifth wheel · trailer · flatbed · reefer
Goods being transported
- shipmentGoods being transported
- loadCarried weight or burden
- goodsThings for sale
- consignmentBatch delivered for selling
merchandise · payload · pallet · container · bulk · lading · delivery · manifest
Without fixed residence
- road warriorPerpetual business traveler
- dinerCasual American eatery
- roadsideAdjacent to pavement
- lonelinessState of lacking companions
independence · freedom · country music · coffee · audiobook · podcast · lot · bobtail
teamster
Professional cargo driver
operator · hauler · owner-operator · independent · dispatcher · loadmaster · CDL · logbook · hours of service · weigh station
over-the-road
Interstate commercial trucking
- interstateBetween political regions
- cross-countryTraversing wide natural terrain
- highwayMajor road for travel
turnpike · mileage · route · rest stop · diesel · convoy · CB radio · handle · lot lizard · rubber duck
semi
Large freight truck
- tractor-trailerCab-and-trailer cargo vehicle
- eighteen-wheelerLarge cargo transport vehicle
- big rigTractor-trailer combination
cab · sleeper · Kenworth · Peterbilt · Volvo · fifth wheel · trailer · flatbed · reefer · tanker
freight
Goods being transported
consignment · merchandise · payload · pallet · container · bulk · lading · delivery · manifest · bill of lading
nomadic
Without fixed residence
- road warriorPerpetual business traveler
- dinerCasual American eatery
- roadsideAdjacent to pavement
loneliness · independence · freedom · country music · coffee · audiobook · podcast · lot · bobtail · gearhead
- traveling workersseasonal laborer, traveling salesman, traveling nurse, journeyman, roadie
- driversbus driver, taxi driver, cab driver, delivery driver, van driver
- truckershaulier, long haul driver, owner operator, tanker driver, flatbed driver
- shipperscourier, carrier, freight company, transporter, hauler
- drivingdrive, steering, driver, acceleration, motorist
- jobsdoctor, administrator, lawyer, teacher, nurse
truckersailor
Seafaring crew member
mariner · ship captain · train engineer · railroad engineer · pilot
truckercommuter
One who travels regularly
homebody · telecommuter · office worker · remote worker · stay-at-home parent
- fire truckEmergency vehicle for blazes
- garbage truckVehicle collecting household waste
- ice cream truckMobile frozen dessert vendor
- tow truckVehicle that pulls others
- dump truckHinged-bed hauling vehicle
- truck driverCommercial vehicle operator
truck, trucked, trucking, truckload, truckers, truckle, truckful, truckmen, truckman