MOTORIST Synonyms: 8 Similar and Opposite Words

motorist

noun

ˈmō-tə-rist

as in driver

a person who travels by automobile environmental organizations suggest that motorists get together and carpool to avoid adding to pollution levels

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Recent Examples of motorist But police hiring picked back up during the height of the war on drugs in the 1980s and again after another inflection point, the unrest that followed the acquittal of four LAPD officers in the 1991 beating of Black motorist Rodney King. —

Libor Jany, Los Angeles Times, 24 Jan. 2025 The weather event will likely cause significant challenges and disruption to travel, according to the Met Office, which advises motorists to visit the U.K.'s National Highways website for hazardous weather travel safety tips. —

Megan Forrester, ABC News, 24 Jan. 2025 Earlier this month, Palestinian gunmen opened fire on motorists there, killing three Israelis, including two women in their 70s. —

Joseph Krauss, Chicago Tribune, 22 Jan. 2025 The ordinance also established that motorists were allowed to make right turns at red lights. —

Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 24 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for motorist