tourist
Someone who travels for pleasure rather than for business; a leisure visitor.
Example
“Tourist shops are full of kitsch.”
Other meanings
One who only has a superficial interest in something.
An unwelcome newcomer, or appropriator, especially one who is inflammatory or uninformed, usually to seek attention, moral approval and superiority over the established hobbyists.
Related words
- alcotourist
- apitourist
- cybertourist
- touristic
- tourist office
- tourist trap
- touristy
- abortion tourist
- bicycle tourist
- class tourist
- dark tourist
- grief tourist
Example sentences
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “tourist” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.