guest

noun

ˈgest How to pronounce guest (audio)
Definition of guestnext
1
as in visitor
a person who visits another invited the afternoon guests to stay for dinner

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2
as in client
a person who buys a product or uses a service from a business the headwaiter will seat the guests as soon as the waitress clears and sets a table for them

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Recent Examples of guest Crucially, however, there's an egress window in here, so it can also be used as a guest sleeping area (operable windows are required for tiny house loft bedrooms in most areas). — New Atlas, 4 Oct. 2026 Coming off a big box office start for the Collen Hoover thriller, Johnson is joined by Turnstile as musical guest, the Maryland rockers’ SNL debut. — Dominic Patten, Deadline, 3 Oct. 2026 Wessel said that most guests enjoy perusing, but some, namely the horror fanatics, come in looking for specific limited-run items such as a new Jason Voorhees Monster Energy drink. — Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2026 Two sushi chefs will take care of six guests each, and the food will be more detailed, featuring, for example, two types of rice instead of just one. — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 3 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for guest
Recent Examples of Synonyms for guest
  1. visitor
  2. client
  3. customer
  4. patron
Noun
  • The remote wilderness of Patagonia can so often feel inaccessible to the casual visitor.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Oct. 2026
  • The game show is based around those ubiquitous internet verification tests that check if the visitor to a website is human or a bot.
    — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of visitor
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  • Bank of America analyst Haas Liu said in a Monday note to clients that the deal is likely to be more about component purchases for Musk's product lines across SpaceX and Tesla .
    — Tobias Burns, CNBC, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Uniting the case-of-the-week elements, which flow extremely smoothly from one episode to the next, is a bigger mystery involving Bo (Rob McClure), a whistleblowing client with a mind-blowing secret.
    — Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of client
Noun
  • Norma Mitchell, cofounder of the business and grandmother of its current top executives, died of the disease, and many other family members, employees and customers have been touched by it.
    — Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 8 Oct. 2026
  • The company has been gradually increasing its use of AI across back office and customer-facing roles and has introduced an AI chatbot to its website to help customers plan their trips.
    — Sam Forsdick, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of customer
Noun
  • Whether these portraits represent past patrons, whose stories once unspooled over these same steaming cups, Kim declines to comment.
    — James Marsh, Variety, 6 Oct. 2026
  • One of the most romantic venues is Naam 1608, set in a traditional wood house on the river where patrons sitting along the bar can almost touch their toes in the water.
    — Tony Perrottet, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
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“Guest.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/guest. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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