as in traveller
a person who travels for pleasure
every year raucous rubbernecks by the busload descend upon the city for its famed Mardi Gras
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as in to gawk
to look long and hard in wonder or surprise
thoughtless drivers pausing on the highway to rubberneck at the accident
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Recent Examples of rubberneck
Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American, 22 June 2025
Flimflam felt better in the mouth than swindle, and rubberneck was a more agreeable verb than crane.
—Ralph Keyes, Time, 1 Apr. 2021
Evelyn McDonnell 5, Literary Hub, 5 June 2025
Avoid rubbernecking at accident scenes and stay focused on the road for safety.
—Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 29 Apr. 2025
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Noun
Yet the car will likely obey speed limits, never get drowsy or drunk and never rubberneck or give in to road rage.
—Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American, 22 June 2025
Flimflam felt better in the mouth than swindle, and rubberneck was a more agreeable verb than crane.
—Ralph Keyes, Time, 1 Apr. 2021
Verb
And yet the commercial exploitation of family trauma left me feeling deeply uncomfortable and even ashamed, like I was caught holding a ticket stub for the rubbernecking line at a train crash.
—Evelyn McDonnell 5, Literary Hub, 5 June 2025
Avoid rubbernecking at accident scenes and stay focused on the road for safety.
—Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 29 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rubberneck
Verb
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Adelman stopped in to gawk at the scoreboard for a bit, and who knows, maybe to scout for candidates to fill the Nuggets’ 15th roster spot as well.—
Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
25 Oct. 2025
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In Park Slope, on 9th Street just past Eighth Avenue, the crowds flowing out of Prospect Park sometimes stop to gawk at a row of oddly whimsical townhouses.—
Adriane Quinlan,
Curbed,
7 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Around 25,000 tourists remained in Jamaica as the country emerged from the storm, Dana Morris Dixon, Minister of Education, Skills, Youth, and Information said in a statement.—
Mitchell McCluskey,
CNN Money,
30 Oct. 2025
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An American tourist from South Carolina who weathered the storm from a resort in Montego Bay posted on X that the area was devastated in Melissa’s wake.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
29 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Sean Monahan, Voronkov and others came up empty on point-blank opportunities that left them staring into the rafters or yelling at the ice in frustration.—
Aaron Portzline,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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Then, in the 1980s, Anne stared as Veronica Rooney on the hit sitcom Archie Bunker’s Place, a role that added two more Emmy nods to her roster.—
Lynsey Eidell,
PEOPLE,
24 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The lore of the position is passed between players like travelers telling tales at a campfire.—
Jourdan Rodrigue,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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Knowing what weather to expect before hitting the road is essential for travelers, both for planning purposes and safety.—
Joe Edwards,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Oct. 2025
Verb
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After attending her first in-person event, Singh kept the momentum going, attending an event hosted by The Feels, during which attendees were guided through a number of prompts, including gazing each other's eyes for the entire duration of a song.—
Jillian Frankel,
PEOPLE,
30 Oct. 2025
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Go ice skating, indulge in a fluffy waffle, and then retire to a table at Elfde Gebod, a traditional pub where hundreds of statues of the Virgin Mary gaze down on the drinkers.—
Sophie Friedman,
AFAR Media,
27 Oct. 2025
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“Rubberneck.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rubberneck. Accessed 1 Nov. 2025.
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