tourist

/ˈtʊɹɪst/
nounverb

Someone who travels for pleasure rather than for business; a leisure visitor.

NWL Collins ENABLE

Noun 3 meanings

  1. Someone who travels for pleasure rather than for business; a leisure visitor.

    “Tourist shops are full of kitsch.”

  2. A member of the visiting team in a match.

  3. A guest user on a computer system.

Verb 1 meaning

  1. To travel as a tourist.

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Where it comes from

Etymology

From tour + -ist. Doublet of turista.

TOURIST at a glance

TOURIST has 7 letters and scores 7 points in Scrabble (T 1 + O 1 + U 1 + R 1 + I 1 + S 1 + T 1) and 8 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #5,079 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.

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