Standard Lemma guide

visitor

noun · 9 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈvɪzɪtə/
  • General-American: /ˈvɪzɪtɚ/
  • rhymes with -ɪzɪtə(ɹ)
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: V IH1 Z IH0 T ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

Someone who visits someone else; someone staying as a guest.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

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2

noun

Meaning 2

Someone who pays a visit to a specific place or event; a sightseer or tourist.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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3

noun

Meaning 3

Someone, or a team, that is playing away from home.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: plural-normally

Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports

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4

noun

Meaning 4

A person authorized to visit an institution to see that it is being managed properly.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: law

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5

noun

Meaning 5

An extraterrestrial being on Earth.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: specifically

Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences, ufology

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6

noun

Meaning 6

An object which lands or passes by Earth or its orbit.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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7

noun

Meaning 7

A head or overseer of an institution such as a college (in which case, equivalent to the university's chancellor) or cathedral or hospital, who resolves disputes, gives ceremonial speeches, etc.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK

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8

noun

Meaning 8

The object in the visitor pattern that performs an operation on the elements of a structure one by one.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences, software

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9

noun

Meaning 9

someone who visits

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: visitant

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: traveler, traveller

Narrower terms: boulevardier, caller, company, guest, invitee, visiting fireman

History

Etymology

Partly from Middle English visiter, visitere, equivalent to visit + -er; and partly from Middle English visitour, from Anglo-Norman visitour, from Old French visetëor. By surface analysis, visit + -or.

Across languages

Translations

153 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: besoeker — guest
  • Amharic: እንግዳ (ʾəngda) — guest
  • Arabic: زَائِر (zāʔir) — guest
  • Arabic: زاير (zāyir) — guest
  • Azerbaijani: qonaq — guest
  • Belarusian: наве́двальнік (navjédvalʹnik) — guest
  • Belarusian: наве́двальніца (navjédvalʹnica) — guest
  • Belarusian: даве́двальнік (davjédvalʹnik) — guest
  • Belarusian: даве́двальніца (davjédvalʹnica) — guest
  • Belarusian: госць (hoscʹ) — guest
  • Belarusian: го́сця (hóscja) — guest
  • Bulgarian: посети́тел (posetítel) — guest
  • Bulgarian: посети́телка (posetítelka) — guest
  • Bulgarian: гост (gost) — guest
  • Bulgarian: го́стенка (góstenka) — guest
  • Chinese Mandarin: 訪客 /访客 (fǎngkè) — guest
  • Chinese Mandarin: 客人 (kèrén) — guest
  • Czech: návštěvník — guest
  • Czech: návštěvnice — guest
  • Danish: besøgende — guest
  • Danish: gæst — guest
  • Dutch: bezoeker — guest
  • Dutch: gast — guest
  • Esperanto: vizitanto — guest
  • Estonian: külastaja — guest
  • Finnish: vierailija — guest
  • Finnish: kävijä — guest
  • French: visiteur — guest
  • French: visiteuse — guest
  • Georgian: მნახველი (mnaxveli) — guest
  • Georgian: სტუმარი (sṭumari) — guest
  • Georgian: ვიზიტორი (viziṭori) — guest
  • German: Besucher — guest
  • German: Besucherin — guest
  • German: Gast — guest
  • German: Gästin — guest
  • Greek: επισκέπτης (episképtis) — guest
  • Haitian Creole: vizitè — guest
  • Hungarian: látogató — guest
  • Indonesian: pengunjung — guest
  • Italian: ospite — guest
  • Italian: visitatore — guest
  • Japanese: 訪問者 (hōmonsha) — guest
  • Japanese: 客人 (kyakujin) — guest
  • Japanese: お客さん (o-kyaku-san) — guest
  • Kazakh: келуші (keluşı) — guest
  • Kazakh: қонақ (qonaq) — guest
  • Khmer: អតិថិ (ʼaʼtetheʼ) — guest
  • Korean: 방문객 (bangmun'gaek) — guest
  • Korean: 손님 (sonnim) — guest
  • Kyrgyz: келүүчү (kelüücü) — guest
  • Kyrgyz: зыяратчы (zıyaratcı) — guest
  • Kyrgyz: конок (konok) — guest
  • Latin: adventor — guest
  • Latvian: ciemiņš — guest
  • Latvian: viesis — guest
  • Latvian: apmeklētājs — guest
  • Lithuanian: svečias — guest
  • Lithuanian: lankytojas — guest
  • Macedonian: посетител (posetitel) — guest
  • Macedonian: посетителка (posetitelka) — guest
  • Macedonian: гостин (gostin) — guest
  • Macedonian: гостинка (gostinka) — guest
  • Māori: manuhiri — guest
  • Māori: ruranga — guest
  • Norman: visiteux — guest
  • Norwegian Bokmål: besøkende — guest
  • Norwegian Bokmål: gjest — guest
  • Persian: دیدار کننده (didâr konande) — guest
  • Persian: مهمان (mehmân) — guest
  • Plautdietsch: Gaust — guest
  • Polish: gość — guest
  • Polish: odwiedzający — guest
  • Portuguese: visita — guest
  • Romanian: vizitator — guest
  • Romanian: vizitatoare — guest
  • Russian: посети́тель (posetítelʹ) — guest
  • Russian: посети́тельница (posetítelʹnica) — guest
  • Russian: гость (gostʹ) — guest
  • Russian: го́стья (góstʹja) — guest
  • Serbo-Croatian: посѐтитељ — guest
  • Serbo-Croatian: посјѐтитељ — guest
  • Serbo-Croatian: посѐтилац — guest
  • Serbo-Croatian: посјѐтилац — guest
  • Serbo-Croatian: posètitelj — guest
  • Serbo-Croatian: posjètitelj — guest
  • Serbo-Croatian: posètilac — guest
  • Serbo-Croatian: posjètilac — guest
  • Slovak: návštevník — guest
  • Slovak: návštevníčka — guest
  • Slovene: obiskovalec — guest
  • Slovene: obiskovalka — guest
  • Spanish: visita — guest
  • Swahili: mgeni — guest
  • Swedish: gäst — guest
  • Swedish: besökare — guest
  • Tagalog: panauhin — guest
  • Tajik: тамошобин (tamošobin) — guest
  • Tajik: меҳмон (mehmon) — guest
  • Turkish: konuk — guest
  • Turkish: misafir — guest
  • Turkish: mihman — guest
  • Ottoman Turkish: زیارتجی (ziyâretci) — guest
  • Ukrainian: відві́дувач (vidvíduvač) — guest
  • Ukrainian: відві́дувачка (vidvíduvačka) — guest
  • Ukrainian: гі́сть (hístʹ) — guest
  • Ukrainian: го́стя (hóstja) — guest
  • Uyghur: مېھمان (mëhman) — guest
  • Uzbek: keluvchi — guest
  • Uzbek: mehmon — guest
  • Vietnamese: khách — guest
  • Volapük: visitan — guest
  • Yakut: сылдьааччы (sïljaaččï) — guest
  • Arabic: زَائِر (zāʔir) — sightseer
  • Arabic: سَائِح (sāʔiḥ) — sightseer
  • Bulgarian: турист (turist) — sightseer
  • Bulgarian: летовник (letovnik) — sightseer
  • Chinese Mandarin: 遊客 /游客 (yóukè) — sightseer
  • Chinese Mandarin: 客人 (kèrén) — sightseer
  • Chinese Mandarin: 訪客 /访客 (fǎngkè) — sightseer
  • Chinese Mandarin: 觀光客 /观光客 (guānguāngkè) — sightseer
  • Czech: návštěvník — sightseer
  • Czech: návštěvnice — sightseer
  • Dutch: bezoeker — sightseer
  • French: invité — sightseer
  • French: invitée — sightseer
  • Georgian: მნახველი (mnaxveli) — sightseer
  • Georgian: ვიზიტორი (viziṭori) — sightseer
  • Georgian: სტუმარი (sṭumari) — sightseer
  • German: Besucher — sightseer
  • German: Besucherin — sightseer
  • Greek: επισκέπτης (episképtis) — sightseer
  • Italian: turista — sightseer
  • Japanese: 観光客 (kankōkyaku) — sightseer
  • Khmer: អ្នកទស្សនា (nĕək tŭəhsaʼnaa) — sightseer
  • Korean: 관광객 (gwan'gwanggaek) — sightseer
  • Macedonian: посетител (posetitel) — sightseer
  • Portuguese: turista — sightseer
  • Portuguese: visitante — sightseer
  • Russian: посети́тель (posetítelʹ) — sightseer
  • Russian: посети́тельница (posetítelʹnica) — sightseer
  • Russian: визитёр (vizitjór) — sightseer
  • Slovak: návštevník — sightseer
  • Slovak: návštevníčka — sightseer
  • Swahili: mgeni — sightseer
  • Swedish: besökare — sightseer
  • Turkish: ziyaretçi — sightseer
  • Ottoman Turkish: زیارتجی (ziyâretci) — sightseer
  • Ukrainian: відві́дувач (vidvíduvač) — sightseer
  • Ukrainian: відві́дувачка (vidvíduvačka) — sightseer
  • Bulgarian: гост (gost) — players away from home
  • Danish: gæst — players away from home
  • Swedish: gäst — players away from home
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