visitor
/'vizitə/
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Definition
Noun: 1. A person who visits a person or place: Someone who goes to see and spend time with another person, or who goes to a particular place, often for a short period. 2. A person who is visiting a place they do not permanently live in: Someone staying temporarily in a location, such as a tourist or a guest.
Examples of Usage
Advanced Usage
- "Visitor from...": Used to specify the origin of the visitor.
- She was a visitor from a distant country.
- In a broader or metaphorical sense, it can refer to something that arrives or appears temporarily.
- The migrating birds are seasonal visitors to this lake.
- A sudden feeling of sadness was an unwelcome visitor.
Variants and Related Words
- Visit (verb/noun): The act of going to see a person or place.
- We plan to visit our grandparents.
- Visitation (noun): A formal or official visit, or the right of a divorced parent to visit their child.
- The judge ordered supervised visitation.
Synonyms
- Guest: A person who is invited to visit or stay somewhere.
- Caller: A person who pays a brief visit.
- Tourist: A person who travels for pleasure, a type of visitor to a place.
Related Phrases
- Visitor center/centre: A building that provides information for tourists.
- Stop at the visitor center for a map of the park.
- Visitors' book: A book in which visitors write their names and sometimes comments.
- Famous authors signed the visitors' book at the historic hotel.