tour guide

¹ American  

[toor gahyd] / ˈtʊər ˌgaɪd /

noun

plural

tour guides

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

A nonprofit exists to preserve them, but tour guide Teri Rommelmann said preservation efforts aren’t meant to alter the course of nature and time, but rather to save the work from sinking into the sand.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2026

The building is called the Virgil, which indicates that at least someone in the filmmaking process has heard of Dante’s “Inferno,” in which the Roman poet appears as hell’s tour guide.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

Johnnie Brigg, a local tour guide, has been inundated with requests in recent weeks.

From Barron's • Feb. 28, 2026

Whether Floyd can stay on Alcatraz "depends entirely on how it behaves", says Aidan Moore, a local tour guide who shared footage of the coyote's journey.

From BBC • Jan. 30, 2026

Maybe the old tour guide was off his rocker.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr