tourist

A2 Topic:Travel

US /ˈtʊɹ.ɪst/ UK /ˈtʊəɹɪst/ See IPA manual

Freq #6674

Meanings

1

noun
A person who travels somewhere for pleasure or to see the sights.

The city is full of tourists in the summer.
2

verb
To travel somewhere as a tourist.

They spent the week touristing around the old town.

Verb forms

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Thesaurus

Word family

Forms tourists

Derived forms agritouristantitouristarchitouristastrotouristavitouristcybertouristecotouristenotouristethnotouristgastrotouristgeotouristnontourist

Related forms tour tourism

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Phrases (1)

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tourist attraction
a place or feature that visitors travel to see

Noun + noun

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *terh₁-der. Ancient Greek τόρνος (tórnos)bor. Latin tornus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin tornō Old French torner Old French tourder. English tour Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ίζω (-ízō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ιστής (-istḗs)der. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English tourist From tour +…

Topics

Travel

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# tourist

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A2
**Part of speech:** noun, verb
**IPA (US):** /ˈtʊɹ.ɪst/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈtʊəɹɪst/
**Frequency rank:** 6674

## Meanings
1. A person who travels somewhere for pleasure or to see the sights.
2. To travel somewhere as a tourist.

## Examples
- The city is full of tourists in the summer.
- They spent the week touristing around the old town.

## Derived Forms
- agritourist
- antitourist
- architourist
- astrotourist
- avitourist
- cybertourist
- ecotourist
- enotourist
- ethnotourist
- gastrotourist
- geotourist
- nontourist

## Related Forms
- tour
- tourism

## Roots and Affixes
- Affix: -ist - one who

## Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *terh₁-der. Ancient Greek τόρνος (tórnos)bor. Latin tornus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin tornō Old French torner Old French tourder. English tour Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ίζω (-ízō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ιστής (-istḗs)der. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English tourist From tour +…

## AI Etymology
Tourist is from tour + In present-day use, it can mean a person who travels somewhere for pleasure or to see the sights, or to travel somewhere as a tourist. Derived formations include agritourist, antitourist, architourist, astrotourist, avitourist, cybertourist, ecotourist, enotourist.

## Topics
- Travel

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