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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

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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