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: one that makes a tour for pleasure or culture
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tourist
adjective or adverb
Synonyms of tourist
Examples of tourist in a Sentence
The museums attract a lot of tourists.
In the summer the town is filled with tourists.
The tourists defeated the home side.
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Indian armed forces patrolling the streets in Pahalgam in the Himalayan region of Kashmir in April after a deadly militant attack on Indian tourists.
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Mithil Aggarwal, NBC news, 13 Nov. 2025
As in other tourist cities, Lecco and Como have been impacted by the increase in the offer of short-term lodging.
—Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 13 Nov. 2025
That electorate is more educated, affluent and urban than the state as a whole, clustered in Portland’s walkable neighborhoods, college towns such as Brunswick and artsy coastal communities that swell with summer tourists.
—Nicholas Jacobs, The Conversation, 13 Nov. 2025
An unexpected bond and intriguing wordless friendship develops with Hideo Kitamura, one of the tourists, a man in black, on a journey of his own.
—Annika Pham, Variety, 13 Nov. 2025
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Mithil Aggarwal, NBC news, 13 Nov. 2025
As in other tourist cities, Lecco and Como have been impacted by the increase in the offer of short-term lodging.
—Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 13 Nov. 2025
That electorate is more educated, affluent and urban than the state as a whole, clustered in Portland’s walkable neighborhoods, college towns such as Brunswick and artsy coastal communities that swell with summer tourists.
—Nicholas Jacobs, The Conversation, 13 Nov. 2025
An unexpected bond and intriguing wordless friendship develops with Hideo Kitamura, one of the tourists, a man in black, on a journey of his own.
—Annika Pham, Variety, 13 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for tourist
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“Tourist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tourist. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.
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