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traveler

[trav-uh-ler, trav-ler] / ˈtræv ə lər, ˈtræv lər /
NOUN
person who journeys
Synonyms
STRONGEST
adventurer commuter hiker migrant passenger pilgrim sailor tourist
STRONG
barnstormer bum drifter excursionist explorer floater gadabout globetrotter haj hobo itinerant journeyer navigator nomad peddler rambler roamer rover seafarer sightseer tramp trekker tripper trouper truant vagabond vagrant voyager wanderer wayfarer
WEAK
displaced person expeditionist jet-setter junketer transmigrant

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Another 2025 paper called for closer collaboration between travel medicine and tourism, reflecting a growing interest in how vacations, health risks, preventive care, and traveler well being overlap.

From Science Daily • May 4, 2026

“Travel should feel effortless, and this partnership gets us one step closer to offering a seamless traveler experience,” Expedia Group CEO Ariane Gorin said.

From Barron's • Apr. 29, 2026

Airlines are pouring money into flashy premium-class upgrades to keep attracting these big spenders while the average traveler struggles to afford basic airfare.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 21, 2026

The upshot, he said: “More demand, stronger pricing and a new type of traveler entering the market almost overnight.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026

In 1605 three laughing Indians in a canoe literally paddled circles round the lumbering dory rowed by traveler George Weymouth and seven other men.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

Vocabulary lists containing traveler

Florida's B.E.S.T. Common Suffixes: -er, -or

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