guest

1 a person who visits another <invited the afternoon guests to stay for dinner> Synonyms caller, drop-in, frequenter, visitant, visitor Related Words houseguest; company; invitee; crasher, hanger-on Near Antonyms denizen, dweller, habitant, inhabitant, occupant, resident, resider; cohost, cohostess, host, hostess

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> Synonyms account, client, customer, patron, punter [chiefly British]Related Words consumer, end user, user; buyer, correspondent, purchaser, vendee; browser, prospect, shopper, window-shopper; bargainer, haggler; regularNear Antonyms broker, merchant, seller, vendor (also vender); shopkeeper, tradesman; black marketer (or black marketeer), fence