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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Erawan Shrine remains a popular draw for Chinese tourists to the kingdom's capital, but none AFP spoke to ahead of the verdict said they knew about the case.

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

Open a so-called tradwife store and the tourists will come.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026

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

Within a few weeks daily buses began to arrive from Reykjavik—sometimes two or three a day—filled with the gaping tourists that Bobby had so desperately wanted to avoid.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady