jeff_999  +  144183 Mon, 03 Oct 05 04:28 PM PEDESTRIAN: (A) widely known (B) strongly motivated (C) discernible (D) uncommon (E) productive (Choose a lettered word that is most nearly opposite in meaning to the word in the capital letters.) I choose E, because "pedestrian" means ordinary, prosaic and lacking in imagination while "productive" means originative and creative. But some others prefer D. What do you think? Thank you.  jeff_999 Joined on Wed, Oct 20 2004 Xiamen Regular Member 817 Capital Letters, Antonyms

	Clive  +  144199 Mon, 03 Oct 05 05:05 PM Hi, Of these choices, I'd say D. A 'pedestrian' movie is a dull movie. An 'uncommon' movie sounds like the opposite. A 'productive' movie is incorret English. Clive Clive Joined on Thu, Oct 28 2004 Canada Veteran Member 29,298 El tango argentino es un pensamiento triste que se puede bailar (The tango argentino is a sad thought which can be danced) Enrique Santos Discépolo Antonyms

	davkett  +  144239 Mon, 03 Oct 05 07:57 PM Jeff, The first definition for pedestrian is 'ordinary,common'.  You're used to so many tricky ones, that the simplicity of this one escaped you.    davkett Joined on Tue, Jun 7 2005 Pennsylvania, USA Senior Member 2,788 "The rose stays fresh in its name..." -Bernard of Morlay Antonyms

	LeicesterLad  +  144250 Mon, 03 Oct 05 08:37 PM  Jeff_999 wrote: PEDESTRIAN: (A) widely known (B) strongly motivated (C) discernible (D) uncommon (E) productive (Choose a lettered word that is most nearly opposite in meaning to the word in the capital letters.) I choose E, because "pedestrian" means ordinary, prosaic and lacking in imagination while "productive" means originative and creative. But some others prefer D. What do you think? Thank you.  I would say (B).  Pedestrian implies slow and unhurried (ie at a "pedestrian" pace) and "strongly motivated" implies the opposite.  None of them are good antonyms for pedestrian in my view however. LeicesterLad Joined on Fri, Sep 16 2005 N E England (Orig from Leicester) Junior Member 81 Capital Letters, Antonyms

	davkett  +  144254 Mon, 03 Oct 05 08:58 PM LeicesterLad, You must be thinking about the noun 'pedestrian' (one who walks on foot).  These are, however, all adjectives in the list.  'Pedestrian', in its adjectival form, means 'common', 'ordinary'.  Therefore, (D) is the obvious antonym.   davkett Nouns, Antonyms

	LeicesterLad  +  144257 Mon, 03 Oct 05 09:10 PM No, I'm thinking of the adjective, which is derived from the noun.  Maybe it's a US v UK thing, but in Britain you might say "Alonso's car is moving at a very pedestrian pace", meaning slowly. LeicesterLad Nouns, Antonyms

	davkett  +  144261 Mon, 03 Oct 05 09:37 PM Yes, of course, as an adjective, 'pedestrian' can very well refer to qualities having to do with walking on foot, as in 'pedestrian pace' as you say-- which, compared to a moving car, is indeed a slow pace, but in itself has no derogatory notion of lacking motivation, or even, moving slowly.  But, as Clive initially points out here, the word also has another frequent use, meaning dull, ordinary, common.  I'd be very surprised to learn that it does not have this usage, particularly in critical dialogue, in the UK.  It is actually the first definition in Merriam-Webster. We don't need to go through any convoluted thinking to arrive at answer (D).   davkett Antonyms

	jeff_999  +  144344 Tue, 04 Oct 05 03:19 AM Thank you, Clive Davkett and LeicesterLad.  Davkett wrote: Jeff, The first definition for pedestrian is 'ordinary,common'.  You're used to so many tricky ones, that the simplicity of this one escaped you.    I guess so. And another reason for that "uncommon" is 'more' correct than "strongly motivated' I think is "strongly motivated" just implies the "moving fast" which is the antonym of "moving slowly (i.e. pedestrian)" as LeicesterLad pointed out. jeff_999 Antonyms