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walkable

walkable

8 2.8
Easy and safe to move around on foot
  • adjective
  • /ˈwɔːkəbl/
translation icon : transitable
  • Urban residents across the country are organizing themselves around the vision of mixed-use, vibrant, walkable neighborhoods that Jacobs pioneered.
  • walkable communities
  • more walkable

So that's not a very walkable path for most people.

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Examples

  • You who live in Shanghai are so lucky to have such a walkable city.

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  • So that's not a very walkable path for most people.

  • It's not the best neighborhood, but it's walkable to my new job.

  • And the problem is, in walkable neighborhoods, the real estate gets more expensive.

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  • It's all the better in a small, very walkable neighborhood like ours.

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  • Seattle, Portland, DC, to some extent Boston is one of the nation's leading walkable cities by some statistics.

  • Better yet, we should discourage driving whenever possible by making neighborhoods more walkable and public transportation more practical.

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  • Neighborhoods have become less walkable and cohesive as zoning has separated residential and commercial areas.

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  • If more neighborhoods of SFHs in walkable, transit-accessible form existed, then more people could afford to choose it.

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  • The new park is designed to be walkable, with wide paths and safe crossings for pedestrians.

Synonyms

traversable
vswalkable
1 5.7

People can cross it by walking or driving

focuses on safe and easy movement for pedestrians rather than mere crossability

Antonyms

93 1.1

Likely to cause harm to people or damage to things

Not possible to walk across because of obstacles or danger

How Walkable

walkable
8 2.8
passable
4 3.5
unsafe
93 1.1
impassable
13 5.3

Surface Forms

walkable positive
walkabler comparative
walkablest superlative

Morphology

walkable = walk (transparent) = walk + able

The meaning is directly derived from 'walk' and the suffix '-able', indicating the capability or suitability to be walked on.

Etymology

Walkable is simply walk + -able, where walk means 'to move on foot' and -able means 'able to'. So a walkable place is one you can easily and safely walk in or around.