guests

NOUN

person accommodated, given hospitality

Synonyms

STRONGEST

caller client companion customer inmate patron recipient tenant vacationer visitor

STRONG

bedfellow boarder company frequenter lodger mate partaker renter roomer sharer sojourner transient visitant

WEAK

habitué out-of-towner

Antonyms

STRONGEST

enemy manager opponent owner

Example Sentences

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From his mansion tucked away in San Francisco’s rolling hills and an office downtown, he had entertained well-connected guests and grew particularly close to employees at the AI giant Anthropic.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026

Distressed wood tables and cushioned couches overlook the bay with capacity for about 100 guests.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026

BBC Sport football expert Chris Sutton, his guests and the BBC readers will be hoping to strike back, and land a blow for the human race.

From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026

Seating is first come, first served, but guests can purchase a reserved spot to guarantee a prime spot.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026

Because the drills struck so close to the fear that haunted each of our guests —never spoken, always present—we tried to keep these times from becoming altogether serious.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom