tourist
noun
a person who is traveling, especially for pleasure.
tourists
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pluralof tourist.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The area was really busy and popular with tourists who stay in the masses of Airbnbs.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
The Saturday morning calm at Catalina Island Health’s two-bed emergency room was broken just before noon, when two tourists with arm injuries burst in within minutes of one another.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
Clockwise from top left; Parasailing boats take tourists for rides near Avalon.;
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
Yen weakness is great for tourists and Japanese exporters, but painful for households facing quickening inflation on imported goods.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
I slipped through a crowd of tourists strolling along the walkway, narrowly avoiding being impaled by the metal tip of a lady’s parasol as she bobbed it merrily about.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
