noun
Meaning 1
One who explores something
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Standard Lemma guide
explorer
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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/ɛkˈsplɔːɹə(ɹ)/
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noun
Meaning 2
A person who by means of travel (notably an expedition) searches out new information.
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noun
Meaning 3
Any of various hand tools, with sharp points, used in dentistry.
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noun
Meaning 4
A visual representation of a file system etc. through which the user can navigate.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: computing, engineering, graphical-user-interface, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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noun
Meaning 5
A participant in the Exploring program, which focuses on career exploration.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US
Qualifier: scouting
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Explorer Scout
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noun
Meaning 6
A participant in the Fire Service Exploring program.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US
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noun
Meaning 7
a commercial browser
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Internet Explorer, IE
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Broader terms: browser, web browser
noun
Meaning 8
someone who travels into little known regions (especially for some scientific purpose)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: adventurer
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
Narrower terms: conquistador, diver, frogman, underwater diver, navigator, potholer, spelunker, speleologist, spelaeologist, Amundsen, Roald Amundsen, Bartlett, Robert Bartlett, Robert Abram Bartlett, Captain Bob, Bougainville, Louis Antoine de Bougainville, Burton, Richard Burton, Sir Richard Burton, Sir Richard Francis Burton, Byrd, Richard E. Byrd, Richard Evelyn Byrd, Admiral Byrd, Cabot, Sebastian Cabot, Champlain, Samuel de Champlain, Clark, William Clark, Cordoba, Francisco Fernandez Cordoba, Cordova, Francisco Fernandez de Cordova, Cousteau, Jacques Costeau, Jacques Yves Costeau, Flinders, Matthew Flinders, Sir Matthew Flinders, Fremont, John C. Fremont, John Charles Fremont, Frobisher, Sir Martin Frobisher, Hall, Charles Francis Hall, Jolliet, Louis Jolliet, Joliet, Louis Joliet, LaSalle, Sieur de LaSalle, Rene-Robert Cavelier, Lewis, Meriwether Lewis, Livingstone, David Livingstone, Mackenzie, Sir Alexander Mackenzie, Nansen, Fridtjof Nansen, Park, Mungo Park, Peary, Robert Peary, Robert E. Peary, Robert Edwin Peary, Rasmussen, Kund Johan Victor Rasmussen, Ross, James Clark Ross, Sir James Clark Ross, John Ross, Sir John Ross, Schoolcraft, Henry Rowe Schoolcraft, Scott, Robert Scott, Robert Falcon Scott, Smith, John Smith, Captain John Smith, Speke, John Speke, John Hanning Speke, Stanley, Henry M. Stanley, Sir Henry Morton Stanley, John Rowlands, Sverdrup, Otto Neumann Sverdrup, Vizcaino, Sebastian Vizcaino, Wilkes, Charles Wilkes, Wilkins, George Hubert Wilkins
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h1éǵh Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h1éǵhs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Latin plōrō Latin explōrōder. Middle French explorerder. English explore Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English explorer From explore + -er.
From explorer.
Across languages
Translations
88 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: مُسْتَكْشِف (mustakšif) — person who explores
- Asturian: esplorador — person who explores
- Bulgarian: изсле́довател (izslédovatel) — person who explores
- Catalan: explorador — person who explores
- Chinese Mandarin: 探險者 /探险者 (tànxiǎnzhě) — person who explores
- Czech: průzkumník — person who explores
- Danish: udforsker — person who explores
- Dutch: verkenner — person who explores
- Dutch: ontdekker — person who explores
- Esperanto: esploranto — person who explores
- Finnish: tutkija — person who explores
- Finnish: tutkimusmatkailija — person who explores
- French: explorateur — person who explores
- French: exploratrice — person who explores
- West-Frisian: ferkenner — person who explores
- West-Frisian: ûntdekker — person who explores
- Galician: explorador — person who explores
- Galician: exploradora — person who explores
- German: Forscher — person who explores
- German: Forscherin — person who explores
- Hebrew: חוקר (khokér) — person who explores
- Hindi: अन्वेषक (anveṣak) — person who explores
- Hindi: खोजकर्ता (khojkartā) — person who explores
- Hungarian: felfedező — person who explores
- Icelandic: landkönnuður — person who explores
- Indonesian: penjelajah — person who explores
- Italian: esploratore — person who explores
- Japanese: 探検家 (tankenka) — person who explores
- Khmer: អ្នករុករក (nĕək ruk rɔɔk) — person who explores
- Latin: explorator — person who explores
- Māori: kaihōpara — person who explores
- Norwegian Bokmål: utforsker — person who explores
- Occitan: explorator — person who explores
- Portuguese: explorador — person who explores
- Portuguese: exploradora — person who explores
- Russian: иссле́дователь (isslédovatelʹ) — person who explores
- Russian: иссле́довательница (isslédovatelʹnica) — person who explores
- Spanish: explorador — person who explores
- Spanish: exploradora — person who explores
- Swedish: utforskare — person who explores
- Tibetan: ཉུལ་བ་འདོད (nyul ba 'dod) — person who explores
- Turkish: gezgin — person who explores
- Turkish: araştırıcı — person who explores
- Turkish: araştırmacı — person who explores
- Turkish: kaşif — person who explores
- Welsh: anturwr — person who explores
- Welsh: anturwres — person who explores
- Welsh: fforiwr — person who explores
- Welsh: fforiwres — person who explores
- Bulgarian: изсле́довател (izslédovatel) — person who by expedition seeks new information
- Dutch: ontdekker — person who by expedition seeks new information
- Dutch: ontdekkingsreiziger — person who by expedition seeks new information
- Esperanto: esploristo — person who by expedition seeks new information
- Finnish: tutkimusmatkailija — person who by expedition seeks new information
- French: explorateur — person who by expedition seeks new information
- French: exploratrice — person who by expedition seeks new information
- German: Entdecker — person who by expedition seeks new information
- Greek: εξερευνητής (exerevnitís) — person who by expedition seeks new information
- Greek: εξερευνήτρια (exerevnítria) — person who by expedition seeks new information
- Hebrew: חוקר (khokér) — person who by expedition seeks new information
- Hindi: खोजकर्ता (khojkartā) — person who by expedition seeks new information
- Hungarian: felfedező — person who by expedition seeks new information
- Latin: explorator — person who by expedition seeks new information
- Norwegian Bokmål: utforsker — person who by expedition seeks new information
- Polish: odkrywca — person who by expedition seeks new information
- Polish: odkrywczyni — person who by expedition seeks new information
- Polish: badacz — person who by expedition seeks new information
- Polish: badaczka — person who by expedition seeks new information
- Portuguese: explorador — person who by expedition seeks new information
- Romanian: explorator — person who by expedition seeks new information
- Romanian: exploratoare — person who by expedition seeks new information
- Russian: иссле́дователь (isslédovatelʹ) — person who by expedition seeks new information
- Russian: иссле́довательница (isslédovatelʹnica) — person who by expedition seeks new information
- Swedish: upptäcktsresande — person who by expedition seeks new information
- Turkish: araştırmacı — person who by expedition seeks new information
- Turkish: kaşif — person who by expedition seeks new information
- Turkish: gezgin — person who by expedition seeks new information
- Finnish: koetin — any of various tools in dentistry
- French: sonde — any of various tools in dentistry
- Portuguese: sonda exploradora — any of various tools in dentistry
- Portuguese: explorador dental — any of various tools in dentistry
- Russian: зонд (zond) — any of various tools in dentistry
- Finnish: selain — computing, graphic user interface
- Galician: explorador — computing, graphic user interface
- Portuguese: explorador — computing, graphic user interface
- Portuguese: navegador — computing, graphic user interface
- Russian: проводник (provodnik) — computing, graphic user interface
- Spanish: explorador — computing, graphic user interface
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