RUBBERNECKS Synonyms: 54 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

plural of rubberneck

as in tourists

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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verb

present tense third-person singular of rubberneck

as in stares

to look long and hard in wonder or surprise thoughtless drivers pausing on the highway to rubberneck at the accident

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The strong winds forced a small plane carrying two Peruvian tourists and another aircraft carrying six foreign visitors to divert to the Marcona Airport, according to local media.

— Joe Kottke, NBC news, 2 Aug. 2026
Peru has temporarily suspended the operations of sightseeing airline Aerodiana after one of its planes crashed in the country’s Ica region on Saturday, killing 11 European tourists and two crew members.

— Gonzalo Zegarra, CNN Money, 2 Aug. 2026

Definition of tourists

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For cat-averse travelers, the tiny Romano-Gothic Church of St Michael in the same square houses the Kotor Lapidarium, a collection of stone artifacts from the Illyro-Roman period to the end of the 18th century.

— Jonathan Wiggin, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Aug. 2026
Over the decades, the Motel Inn attracted generations of travelers, including celebrities such as Clint Eastwood, Lucille Ball, and Bob Hope.

— Dana Sauchelli, Travel + Leisure, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of travelers

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The chic solarium vibe is enhanced by the showstopping steel-and-glass roof that gazes up to five floors of apartments with baby-blue shutters.

— Maya Kachroo-Levine, Travel + Leisure, 30 July 2026
In one image, a young sitter with the Arabic word for ‘justice’ painted on her cheek gazes sensuously into the camera, while flooding the frame with wafts of smoke.

— Michael-Oliver Harding, CNN Money, 28 July 2026

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