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noun as in person who visits a place

Strongest matches

Strong matches

• excursionist
• globetrotter
• vacationist

Weak matches

• day-tripper

Example Sentences

South Dakota is the more tourist-friendly, slightly better weather, historic Mount Rushmore spot.

Amsterdam has an economy which is highly dependent on tourists.

Travelers, however, are eligible to have the tax refunded on goods they take home with them, which is what agencies such as Planet specialize in facilitating, giving it a clear view of how much tourists are buying.

In June, when peak season is typically getting underway, tourist spending was still 98% below its level last year based on Planet’s data.

Besides feeling safe, tourists may also be lured to local destinations given international travel currently comes with complicated quarantine protocols by governments in different countries.

Its graceful hotels and beautiful restaurants are totally dependent on the tourist trade.

It is the only tourist center Ukraine has left on the Black Sea, since Russia annexed Crimea last spring.

For the Brogpas, transforming into a tourist attraction may offer their community a way to generate much-needed income.

The two islands are now tourist sites for visitors from Taiwan and mainland China.

Not all Israeli gay propaganda is pinkwashing—a lot of it is good, old-fashioned PR to attract gay tourist dollars to Tel Aviv.

The tourist climbing tna, or Vesuvius' rugged side, puffs on though they perchance have long since ceased to smoke.

They have developed fishing and agriculture, and have brought the tourist into districts little visited before.

Mr. Frank Cook had insisted upon our being the guests of his firm on their tourist steamer Amasis.

My father knew him well, often talked to me about him, and told me stories of the excursion and tourist trade in its early days.

This was the first small beginning of that great tourist business which now encircles the habitable globe.

Related Words

Words related to tourist are not direct synonyms, but are associated with the word tourist . Browse related words to learn more about word associations.

noun as in something that makes it to a destination

• representative

noun as in driver

• authomobilist

noun as in person who rides in vehicle conducted by another

noun as in traveler

noun as in person who journeys

• barnstormer
• displaced person
• expeditionist
• transmigrant

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Thesaurus Definition of tourists

Synonyms & Similar Words

• excursionists
• vacationers
• rubberneckers
• vacationists
• rubbernecks

Thesaurus Entries Near tourists

tourist courts

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“Tourists.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus , Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tourists. Accessed 19 Aug. 2024.

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