Noun: fellow traveler 'fe-low'tra-vu-lur
Usage: US (elsewhere: fellow traveller)
Usage: US (elsewhere: fellow traveller)
- A communist sympathizer (but not a member of the Communist Party)
"During the Cold War, many artists were accused of being fellow travelers";
- fellow traveller [Brit, Cdn]
- A traveler who accompanies you
"They became fast friends as fellow travelers on the long journey";
- companion, fellow traveller [Brit, Cdn]
Derived forms: fellow travelers
Type of: sympathiser [Brit], sympathizer, traveler [US], traveller [Brit, Cdn], well-wisher
Encyclopedia: Fellow traveler