Entry Word: guest

Function: noun

Meaning: 1 a person who visits another <invited the afternoon guests to stay for dinner>

Synonyms caller, frequenter, visitant, visitor

Related Words company; crasher, hanger-on

Near Antonyms denizen, dweller, habitant, inhabitant, occupant, resident, resider

2 a person who buys a product or uses a service from a business <the headwaiter will seat the guests as soon as the waitress clears and sets a table for them> — see customer 1