explorer

B2 Topic:People & Society

US /ɛkˈsplɔːɹə(ɹ)/ See IPA manual

Freq #13145

Meanings

1

noun
A person who travels to unknown or unfamiliar places to discover new things.

The famous explorer was the first to reach the source of the river.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a person who travels to... adventurer

Word family

Forms explorers

Derived forms nonexplorersexplorer

Related forms exploration explorative exploratory ranger scout

Etymology

From explore + -er.

Topics

People & Society

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