guests

noun

plural of guest
1
as in visitors
a person who visits another invited the afternoon guests to stay for dinner

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2
as in clients
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

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Recent Examples of guests Hotels now serve the fish to staff and guests; Hilton Hawaiian Village alone purchases about 500 lbs a month. — Victoria Malloy, Time, 21 Oct. 2026 Open floor plans are great for keeping an eye on the kids or chatting with guests while dinner cooks. — Ryan Brennan, Sacbee.com, 21 Oct. 2026 Now guests of Omaanda have privileged access to the Van Vuurens’s important community and conservation projects, which include rehabilitation of injured or orphaned rhinos, elephants and big cats. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Oct. 2026 Tasting menu guests can expect six courses of heaven, filled with handcrafted pasta, fresh seafood and elevated entrees that with linger with you. — Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 21 Oct. 2026 While the restaurant now operates primarily as a to-go establishment, guests are still welcome to sit down and enjoy their meals on-site. — Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 21 Oct. 2026 Meanwhile, the Special Screenings program presents seven films with a particular connection to Estonia or to festival guests. — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 21 Oct. 2026 Airbnb is changing its house rules, including limiting the cleaning tasks hosts can ask guests to complete during their stay. — ABC News, 21 Oct. 2026 Admission is $8 for guests age 7 to 14 and free for kids age 6 or younger, both in advance or at the door. — Kari Barnett, Sun Sentinel, 14 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for guests
  1. visitors
  2. clients
  3. customers
  4. patrons
Noun
  • The library, citing the toys' age and their talent in attracting tens of thousands of visitors a year, wouldn't budge, Brandreth said.
    — STEVE HENDRIX THE WASHINGTON POST, Arkansas Online, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Some of those choices, such as the village’s promotion of tourism to visitors largely unaware of the threat, appeared to be financially motivated, according to current and former officials who worked on flood response.
    — Abe Streep, ProPublica, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of visitors
Noun
  • Kwan, who served Chinese clients at banks like Standard Chartered and BNP Paribas, saw China’s growing wealth take shape by the early 2010s.
    — Angelica Ang, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026
  • When Nick went to present his first big case to clients and the board, he was paralyzed by stuttering, and the firm hired a vocal coach who taught him to sing through the stammer, hence the moniker.
    — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of clients
Noun
  • With more than 50 years of experience in subsea robotics, ISE has delivered over 250 underwater vehicles to customers in more than 20 countries worldwide, according to a press release.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 23 Oct. 2026
  • European customers increasingly want to understand what providers can guarantee when political circumstances change.
    — Margot Edelman, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of customers
Noun
  • Dorothy recalls patrons hanging around the shop for hours, running her hands along a rainbow of silk ties, and picking up tailor pins with her cousins to pass the time.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Oct. 2026
  • Throughout dinner, we’re interrupted by patrons ranging from Bessent—who stops by and offers a warm greeting—to a number of people who arrive in succession and appear to be gushing fans of the anchor, though Baier recognizes all of them by name.
    — Aidan McLaughlin, Vanity Fair, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of patrons

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“Guests.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/guests. Accessed 24 Oct. 2026.

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