explorer

noun

ex·​plor·​er ik-ˈsplȯr-ər 

1

: one that explores

especially : a person who travels in search of geographical or scientific information

2

capitalized : a member of a coed scouting program of the Boy Scouts of America for young people ages 14 to 20 focusing on career awareness

Examples of explorer in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

In February 2006, a cave explorer near Albany, New York, took the first photograph of bats with a mysterious white growth on their faces. —Lillian Ali, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 May 2025

As a world explorer for over 45 years, Dobson has visited more than 90 countries and is highly experienced in exotic travel and extreme luxury adventures. —Jim Dobson, Forbes.com, 27 May 2025

Later, native people found mutilated bodies farther south, indicating the explorers had resorted to cannibalism. —Alec Luhn, Scientific American, 20 May 2025

Every sentence is as deliberate as an explorer who single-mindedly hacks his way through a jungle. —The Atlantic, 15 May 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1577, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for explorer

• restorer
• borer
• corer
• horror
• maurer
• scorer
• storer

Kids Definition

explorer

noun

ex·​plor·​er ik-ˈsplōr-ər 

-ˈsplȯr-

1

: one that explores

a vehicle called the lunar explorer

especially : a person who travels in search of new geographical or scientific information

2

capitalized : a member of the scouting program of the Boy Scouts of America for young people 14 to 20 years old

Medical Definition

explorer

noun

ex·​plor·​er ik-ˈsplōr-ər, -ˈsplȯr- 

: an instrument for exploring cavities especially in teeth : probe sense 1