Thesaurus results for TOURIST

tourist

noun

ˈtu̇r-ist

Definition of tourist

as in traveler

a person who travels for pleasure tourists from all over like to take pictures of the alligators in the bayou

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Recent Examples of tourist The popular tourist destination's international airport suspended operations until Tuesday morning. — CBS News, 13 Oct. 2026 In the final paragraph of this chapter, the agent describes going on a tour of ruins in the country designed to teach tourists about the democracy’s origins. — Stephanie Wambugu, Vulture, 12 Oct. 2026 Neither of these projects paid the bills, and Ahmed had taken to connecting freelancers and war tourists in Kilis with fixers and drivers in Syria, for a fifty-dollar fee. — Ben Taub, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026 And the cliffside cocktail bars provide a romantic stage where tourists gather for each Santorini sunset. — Rick Steves, Washington Post, 11 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for tourist

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Carlos Antunes, Tap’s director for the Americas, told T+L that the airline introduced bidding with different types of travelers in mind.

— Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 12 Oct. 2026
Working with the Catholic charity Caritas, her initiative receives more than 29 pounds of medicine each week from humanitarian groups in Canada and the United States, travelers carrying donations and local residents.

— Andrea Rodríguez, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of traveler

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In October 2025, the government launched AutoGov through its TAMM app—a unified digital platform that centralizes over 1,000 smart government services for citizens, residents, businesses, and visitors in Abu Dhabi.

— Inzamam Rashid, Fortune, 14 Oct. 2026
At roughly $10 per share, Six Flags stock is now worth less than in 2020, when the pandemic caused visitor traffic to grind to a virtual halt for most of the year.

— Matt Egan, CNN Money, 13 Oct. 2026