- a person who pays a visit; caller, guest, tourist, etc
- another name for visitant
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
vis•i•tor /ˈvɪzɪtɚ/USA pronunciation
n. [countable]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- a person who visits, as for reasons of friendship, business, duty, sickness, or the like.
vis•i•tor
(viz′i tər),USA pronunciation n.
- a person who visits, as for reasons of friendship, business, duty, travel, or the like.
- Late Latin vīsitātor, equivalent. to Latin vīsitā(re) to visit + -tor -tor
- Anglo-French; Old French visiteor
- late Middle English visitour 1400–50
- Visitor, caller, guest, visitant are terms for a person who comes to spend time with or stay with others, or in a place. A visitor often stays some time, for social pleasure, for business, sightseeing, etc.:a visitor at our neighbor's house.A caller comes for a brief (usually) formal visit:The caller merely left her card.A guest is anyone receiving hospitality, and the word has been extended to include anyone who pays for meals and lodging:a welcome guest; a hotel guest.Visitant applies esp. to a migratory bird or to a supernatural being:a warbler as a visitant.
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visitor /ˈvɪzɪtə/ n
'visitor' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Cape pigeon
- company
- double negative
- guest
- guestbook
- habitué
- health visitor
- introduce
- manuhiri
- palm off
- see
- sit-in
- stranger
- visitant
- visiting fireman
- visitor centre
- visitor's passport
- wero
- au pair
- break
- bring
- caller
- casual
- deny
- frank
- illegal alien
- infrequent
- laker
- museumgoer
- off-islander
- out-of-stater
- out-of-towner
- overnighter
- pass
- platform ticket
- thumb
- visitatorial
- visitorial
- welcome
- sit
- space man
- steady