tourist
- noun
- A2
- Top 3000
a person who visits a place for a short time to see it and enjoy themselves, and then goes home again
Crowds of tourists filled the narrow streets around the old cathedral.
A tourist asked me how to get to the railway station.
In summer the small island has more tourists than local people.
The museum offers cheaper tickets to tourists under eighteen years old.
Common collocations: a group of tourists · foreign tourists · tourist attraction · tourist information · tourist season · attract tourists
Part of: Countries and nationalities, Holidays, Airports and stations