Tourist

Quick meaning: Tourist is a noun meaning Someone who travels for pleasure rather than for business; a leisure visitor.

Meaning

Someone who travels for pleasure rather than for business; a leisure visitor.

More Meanings

1. (derogatory) One who only has a superficial interest in something.
2. (sports, informal) A member of the visiting team in a match.
3. (computing, dated) A guest user on a computer system.
4. (intransitive) To travel as a tourist.
5. (derogatory, Internet slang, fandom slang) An unwelcome newcomer, or appropriator, especially one who is inflammatory or uninformed, usually to seek attention, moral approval and superiority over the established hobbyists.

Example Sentences

Marla - the big tourist. The faker.

The online tourists then uploaded the files to share with other BBS aficionados.

This popularity was supposedly due to M.I.T.'s tolerance of "tourists" on its system.

The group operating where we were was called the "Abu Sayyaf" and specialised in K&R (kidnap and ransom), usually of tourists who would finish up beheaded on TV.

Word Forms

• tourists
• touristing
• touristed

Synonyms for tourist

Depending on context, synonyms include dilettante, casual, holidaymaker.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include holidaymaker, tourism, sightseeing, tour, touristic, travel.

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