Phrase guide

tour guide

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

One who provides assistance and information to people on organised tours.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: tourist guide, touristic guide

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Synonym of travel guide.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: travel guide

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

a guide who leads others on a tour

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: guide

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

66 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مُرْشِد (muršid) — guide on organised tours
  • Arabic: مُرْشِد سِيَاحِيّ (muršid siyāḥiyy) — guide on organised tours
  • Belarusian: гід (hid) — guide on organised tours
  • Belarusian: экскурсаво́д (ekskursavód) — guide on organised tours
  • Belarusian: правадні́к (pravadník) — guide on organised tours
  • Belarusian: правадні́ца (pravadníca) — guide on organised tours
  • Bulgarian: вода́ч (vodáč) — guide on organised tours
  • Chinese Mandarin: 導遊 /导游 or 導游 /导游 (dǎoyóu) — guide on organised tours
  • Czech: průvodce — guide on organised tours
  • Czech: průvodkyně — guide on organised tours
  • Dutch: gids — guide on organised tours
  • Dutch: reisgids — guide on organised tours
  • Dutch: reisleider — guide on organised tours
  • Dutch: reisleidster — guide on organised tours
  • Esperanto: ĉiĉerono — guide on organised tours
  • Esperanto: gvidisto — guide on organised tours
  • Estonian: giid — guide on organised tours
  • Estonian: reisijuht — guide on organised tours
  • Finnish: retkiopas — guide on organised tours
  • Finnish: opas — guide on organised tours
  • Finnish: matkaopas — guide on organised tours
  • French: guide — guide on organised tours
  • French: guide touristique — guide on organised tours
  • French: guide culturel — guide on organised tours
  • French: guide-conférencier — guide on organised tours
  • Galician: guía turístico — guide on organised tours
  • Georgian: ექსკურსიამძღოლი (eksḳursiamʒɣoli) — guide on organised tours
  • Georgian: გიდი (gidi) — guide on organised tours
  • German: Reiseleiter — guide on organised tours
  • German: Reiseleiterin — guide on organised tours
  • German: Fremdenführer — guide on organised tours
  • German: Fremdenführerin — guide on organised tours
  • German: Reiseführer — guide on organised tours
  • Hungarian: idegenvezető — guide on organised tours
  • Italian: guida turistica — guide on organised tours
  • Japanese: 案内人 (annainin) — guide on organised tours
  • Japanese: ガイド (gaido) — guide on organised tours
  • Japanese: ツアーガイド (tsuāgaido) — guide on organised tours
  • Korean: 관광 가이드 (gwan'gwang gaideu) — guide on organised tours
  • Korean: 여행 가이드 (yeohaeng gaideu) — guide on organised tours
  • Korean: 가이드 (gaideu) — guide on organised tours
  • Korean: 안내인 (annaein) — guide on organised tours
  • Macedonian: водич (vodič) — guide on organised tours
  • Polish: przewodnik — guide on organised tours
  • Polish: przewodniczka — guide on organised tours
  • Portuguese: guia turístico — guide on organised tours
  • Romanian: ghid — guide on organised tours
  • Romanian: ghid turistic — guide on organised tours
  • Russian: гид (gid) — guide on organised tours
  • Russian: экскурсово́д (ekskursovód) — guide on organised tours
  • Russian: проводни́к (provodník) — guide on organised tours
  • Russian: проводни́ца (provodníca) — guide on organised tours
  • Serbo-Croatian: во̀дӣч — guide on organised tours
  • Serbo-Croatian: vòdīč — guide on organised tours
  • Slovak: sprievodca — guide on organised tours
  • Slovak: sprievodkyňa — guide on organised tours
  • Slovene: vodič — guide on organised tours
  • Slovene: vodnik — guide on organised tours
  • Spanish: guía turístico — guide on organised tours
  • Thai: มัคคุเทศก์ (mák-kú-têet) — guide on organised tours
  • Turkish: rehber — guide on organised tours
  • Ukrainian: гід (hid) — guide on organised tours
  • Ukrainian: екскурсово́д (ekskursovód) — guide on organised tours
  • Ukrainian: провідни́к (providnýk) — guide on organised tours
  • Ukrainian: провідни́ця (providnýcja) — guide on organised tours
  • Vietnamese: người hướng đạo — guide on organised tours