tourists

NOUN

person who visits a place

Synonyms

STRONGEST

sightseer traveler visitor

STRONG

excursionist globetrotter journeyer rubberneck stranger tripper vacationist voyager wayfarer

WEAK

day-tripper jet-setter

Antonyms

WEAK

inhabitant local native

Example Sentences

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Russian tourists who arrived in the region before the start of the crisis are now struggling to find fuel to leave.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

As a young man he works as a ship-breaker in Turkey; in middle-age, we find him in a coastal town in Cambodia, making replicas of great paintings for tourists.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

Work is now funded almost entirely by ticket sales, making it a tourist attraction that tourists are literally paying to build.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

"They're just doing it for tourists," he says.

From Barron's • Jun. 7, 2026

The area was still packed with tourists and would stay that way well past its midnight closing.

From "City Spies" by James Ponti