Motorist

Quick meaning: Motorist is a noun meaning One who drives a motor vehicle.

Meaning

One who drives a motor vehicle.

Example Sentences

Moreover, the motorist, even if the speed at which he travelled enabled him to appreciate what he saw, does not see the country at all. What he does see is a tarred road, a couple of blackened or dust-covered hedges, and a stream of other motorists.

In a poll released last week, the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety found that 58 percent of drivers consider other motorists talking on a cellphone to be a very serious threat and that 87 percent consider motorists e-mailing or texting to be such a threat.

Word Forms

• motorists

Synonyms for motorist

Depending on context, synonyms include driver, autoist, automobilist, motorman.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include automobilist, driver, automobile, motorcycle, motorcyclist, conductor.

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