tour guide

noun

Definition of tour guidenext
as in driver

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Recent Examples of tour guide Rhonda works as a tour guide in Ross' museum and becomes friends with Joey during his short stint there. — Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 10 June 2026 History is baked into every corner—there’s nothing more Boston than running into an actor dressed as a Revolutionary War–era tour guide checking their iPhone—but that doesn’t mean that the city is frozen in time. — The Bon Appétit Staff, Bon Appetit Magazine, 9 June 2026 My friend Bo Welden, a tour guide and photographer, also recommends being extra cautious around wildlife jams. — Katie Jackson, Travel + Leisure, 8 June 2026 Acting as both tour guide and impromptu airplane anxiety therapist is all part of the job for Swanstrom. — Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for tour guide
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tour guide
  1. driver
  2. engineer
  3. pilot
  4. operator
  5. guide
Noun
  • Even in Moscow, extraordinary scenes are emerging of cars and trucks lining up outside gas stations, with some drivers waiting for hours with no guarantee of being able to fill up.
    — Clare Sebastian, CNN Money, 6 July 2026
  • The fireworks event is an important economic driver in a year when Big Bear saw less snow than usual during its peak winter months, the travel organization said.
    — Sandra McDonald, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026
Definition of driver
Noun
  • Annlie Huang and Tiffany Vera-Castro were the audio engineers.
    — Scott Detrow, NPR, 10 July 2026
  • The systems are typically activated by a switch, which communicates with rapid shutdown devices to reduce the voltage to the panels, said Ryan Mayfield, chief engineer and founder of Mayfield Renewables, which specializes in solar energy.
    — Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026
Definition of engineer
Noun
  • Funk trained more than 3,000 pilots and logged more than 30,000 hours of flight time over the course of her life, according to the city.
    — Fousia Abdullahi, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 July 2026
  • Funk was one of 13 female pilots who went through the same tests as NASA’s all-male astronaut corps in the early 1960s but never made it into space with that agency.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 9 July 2026
Definition of pilot
Noun
  • Boards need to establish governance mechanisms and chain of command to ensure that a human operator can intervene in such a scenario.
    — Anjana Susarla, Forbes.com, 9 July 2026
  • An animal shelter operator in Binyang country, about 75 kilometers (50 miles) northwest of Hengzhou, struggled in recent days to rescue about 200 cats and dozens of dogs, bringing the dogs two at a time through deep water.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 9 July 2026
Definition of operator
Noun
  • Along with the demos, a list of credits for the demo must be included (composer, lyricist, arranger, guide, and source if sampling was used).
    — Laura Sirikul, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
  • The double bass became both the heartbeat and the guide of jazz, supporting the ensemble while adding its own rhythmic and melodic voice.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 8 July 2026
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“Tour guide.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tour%20guide. Accessed 11 Jul. 2026.

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