tourists
tourists is the plural of tourist.
Meaning of tourist
Noun
tourist (plural tourists)
- Someone who travels for pleasure rather than for business; a leisure visitor.
- Tourist shops are full of kitsch.
- One who only has a superficial interest in something.
- Marla - the big tourist. The faker.1999, David Fincher, director, Fight Club, spoken by The Narrator (Edward Norton)
- Synonyms:
- dilettante, casual
- An unwelcome newcomer, or appropriator, especially one who is inflammatory or uninformed, usually to seek attention, moral approval and superiority over the established hobbyists.
- A member of the visiting team in a match.
- A guest user on a computer system.
- This popularity was supposedly due to M.I.T.'s tolerance of "tourists" on its system.1984, Dean Gengle, The Netweaver's Sourcebook, page 105
Phrases with tourists
- sex tourists
- dark tourists
- birth tourists
- class tourists
- Grand Tourists
- grief tourists
- space tourists
- romance tourists
- suicide tourists
- abortion tourists
- disaster tourists
- ten pound tourists
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Questions about tourists
- What is tourists the plural of?
- Tourists is the plural of tourist.
Words near tourists in the dictionary
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