tourist Definition
tour·ist (to̵or′ist)
noun
- a person who makes a tour, esp. for pleasure
- tourist class
adjective
- of or for tourists
- designating or of the lowest-priced accommodations, as on a ship
adverb
in or by means of tourist class
tourist Synonyms
tourist Usage Examples
Converse of subject
frequent: The southern part of the district, Solu is much less frequented by tourist and be a very rewarding destination in its own right.
Converse of object
- attract: For example, they might be asked how an old mining town could attract tourists.
- entice: This one is simply named to entice gullible tourists.
- encourage: STAY LONGER PLAN Greenwich has altered its town plans to encourage tourists to stay there longer - days rather than hours.
- bring: It has been a very popular visitor destination since Victorian times when the railways brought the first tourists to see The Trossachs.
- draw: But what really draws the tourists is the great outdoors.
Adjective modifier
- discerning: Perhaps one of the least visited cities in southern Spain Murcia has a lot to offer the discerning tourist.
- Japanese: The japanese tourists can sit on the top far away from the pitch.
- foreign: The total growth of foreign tourists is estimated to be about 20.3 per cent.
- bemused: Bemused tourists watched 450 Microsoft employees, customers and guests file into London's Equinox Club.
- wealthy: Wealthy tourists, too, and middle class Uruguayan women draped in the latest fashions from New York and London.
- gullible: This one is simply named to entice gullible tourists.
Modifies a noun
- attraction: Most of the tourist attractions lie within a mile's radius of the famous Charles Bridge.
- destination: All Cardiff is here - not just the tourist destinations.
- resort: I have asked to see how we compare with more popular tourist resorts like Benidorm.
- visa: The status of a tourist visa cannot be changed from SINGLE ENTRY to MULTIPLE ENTRY once a client has arrived in Vietnam.
- office: Consult your nearest Swiss tourist office for full details.
- trail: Once in Myanmar we set of on the tourist trail ' up country ' .
Noun used with modifier
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