hitchhiker n 1: a person who travels by getting free rides from passing vehicles
hitchhiker \hitchhiker\ n. a person who travels by getting free rides from passing vehicles; one who hitchhikes. [WordNet 1.5]
18 Moby Thesaurus words for "hitchhiker": ambulator, backpacker, foot passenger, foot soldier, foot traveler, footslogger, hiker, hoofer, infantryman, jaywalker, marcher, paddlefoot, pedestrian, peripatetic, trailsman, tramper, walker, walkist