Explorer

Quick meaning: Explorer is a noun meaning One who explores something.

Meaning

One who explores something.

More Meanings

1. A person who by means of travel (notably an expedition) searches out new information.
2. Any of various hand tools, with sharp points, used in dentistry.
3. (computing, graphical user interface) A visual representation of a file system etc. through which the user can navigate.

Example Sentences

For example, Vista includes a document explorer that shows just the documents in a location without considering all of the other files that might appear there.

Though now extinct, the rachni once threatened every species in Citadel space. Over 2000 years ago, explorers foolishly opened a mass relay to a previously-unknown system and encountered something never seen before or since: a species of spacefaring insects guided by a hive-mind intelligence.

Word Forms

• explorers

Synonyms for explorer

Depending on context, synonyms include adventurer.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include adventurer, exploring, exploration, explore, pursue, investigate.

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