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• tour guide
  tour guide

  noun

  a professional who leads visitors or tourists around a particular site or on a longer trip through many sites, stopping at points of interest and providing commentary.
• tour-guide
  tour-guide

  verb (used without object)

  to work as a tour guide.

tour guide

¹ American  

[toor gahyd] / ˈtʊər ˌgaɪd /

noun

tour guides plural

1. a professional who leads visitors or tourists around a particular site or on a longer trip through many sites, stopping at points of interest and providing commentary.

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tour-guide ² American  

[toor gahyd] / ˈtʊər ˌgaɪd /

verb (used without object)

tour-guided, tour-guiding, tour-guided, tour-guiding

1. to work as a tour guide.

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verb (used with object)

1. to provide a tour guide for (an attraction, activity, etc.).

Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• tour-guided
  adjective
• tour-guiding
  noun

Inflected Forms

noun

• tour guides
  plural

Example Sentences

South Korean tour guide Jun Sang-gab, 65, said he hopes that "North Korea opens its economy" and follows China's development model.

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

“Tourism has fallen off a cliff,” said Christopher Baker, a British author and tour guide who lives part time in Cuba.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026

His mother was a tour guide at NBC in Burbank and he was able to hang out on the studio lot to watch Johnny Carson tape “Tonight.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026

Beatles tour guide Jackie Spencer posted last summer on social media that the increase in visitors and tours to the narrow streets had led to residents erecting a metal chain to manage access.

From BBC • May 8, 2026

“Yes. But not today. Today we join expert tour guide Merle Hodge on a lavish journey through the Arkansas bayous to seek out the elusive Lazarus woodpecker.”

From "Where Things Come Back" by John Corey Whaley