tourist: meaning and words from its letters
7 letters · 7 letter points · starts with T · ends with T
Meaning of tourist
noun
Someone who travels for pleasure rather than for business; a leisure visitor.
Example: Tourist shops are full of kitsch.
- derogatory
One who only has a superficial interest in something.
- Internet, derogatory, 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.
- informal
A member of the visiting team in a match.
Listed forms: tourists.
Source: Wiktionary — tourist.
verb
- intransitive
To travel as a tourist.
Listed forms: tourists, touristing, touristed.
Source: Wiktionary — tourist.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for tourist.
noun
someone who travels for pleasure
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
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| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
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Letter-value score of tourist
T(1) + O(1) + U(1) + R(1) + I(1) + S(1) + T(1) = 7 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of tourist
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
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Shorter words from tourist
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