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walkable

[ waw-kuh-buhl ]

adjective

  1. capable of being traveled, crossed, or covered by walking: walking:

    a walkable road; a walkable distance.

  2. suited to or adapted for walking: walking:

    walkable shoes.



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Other Words From

  • walka·bili·ty noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of walkable1

First recorded in 1730–40; walk + -able
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Example Sentences

Both areas are walkable, art-filled neighborhoods with lots of fun bars, restaurants, and shops.

Built in 1916, the Historic Anchorage is on the National Register of Historic Places and lies in the heart of the city’s walkable downtown.

If so, looking for more walkable neighborhoods closer to a larger metropolitan area might be important for you.

India Street was transformed into even more of a walkable plaza experience.

The oceanside community is home to more than 10 kosher restaurants, six synagogues and a kosher grocery store all within a few walkable blocks.

Our suburbs are being transformed bit by bit into more walkable, denser mixed-use places.

But I live in a lovely rowhouse in a walkable urban neighborhood.

Lady Hesketh is our good angel, by whose aid we are enabled to pass into a better air and a more walkable country.

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