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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

• tour-guided
  adjective
• tour-guiding
  noun

Example Sentences

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

Mr. King is a New York-based writer, editor and licensed tour guide.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026

"My last group of tourists left three days ago, and all the other groups planned for March have been cancelled," said Nazih Rawashdeh, a tour guide near Irbid, in northern Jordan.

From Barron's • Mar. 5, 2026

Tucker will make 92 times the entire tour guide payroll annually.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 4, 2026

Another tour guide was talking over the microphone, telling the tourists about water supplies in Nevada.

From "The Titan's Curse" by Rick Riordan