guests

noun

plural of guest
1
as in visitors
a person who visits another invited the afternoon guests to stay for dinner

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2
as in clients
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 guests Special guests across select dates include Robyn, Shania Twain, Jamie xx, Jorja Smith, Fousheé, Fcukers and Skye Newman. — Karla Cote, Variety, 27 Aug. 2026 The latter section compares God to a generous host, who similarly protects his guests, providing safety and abundance. — Frannie Comstock, Encyclopedia Britannica, 26 Aug. 2026 Beyond its design, this stunning property, which opened in 2001, has brought Disney’s Africa to the plate and, for many guests, a first exposure to the cuisine of this vast continent. — Amy Drew Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 Aug. 2026 On the night, a lineup of guests performers covers of Hayes and Savage Garden songs, including including Tania Doko, Electric Fields, Meg Mac, Michael Paynter, and Sister2Sister. — Lars Brandle, Billboard, 26 Aug. 2026 Three separate houses are on the property for guests or employees. — David Caraccio, Sacbee.com, 26 Aug. 2026 While longtime locals pop in for dinner or a drink, most guests are New Yorkers looking for a peaceful base for daytime exploring. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Aug. 2026 The casino said all the people involved were employees of the restaurant and that no guests were involved. — Richard Ramos, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026 Brisbane, Australia — One of Australia’s most high-profile murder cases is back in court where a possible retrial, or an even longer prison sentence, awaits the home cook who used toxic mushrooms to kill three lunch guests. — Hilary Whiteman, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for guests
  1. visitors
  2. clients
  3. customers
  4. patrons
Noun
  • And, despite trade disagreements, visitors can still get cheddar and bacon soup and filet mignon from the Canada pavilion.
    — Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Mapquest even offered a page for visitors to create their own name for the lake.
    — Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of visitors
Noun
  • Defense attorneys in both cases argued that the defendants’ intent was in question, raising in argument the possibility that their clients were not trying to cause serious bodily injury or death.
    — Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Kaufman was a Jewish émigré from Buenos Aires who had clients in Manhattan and had been commissioned to build another house on the island for shoe designer Danny Berk.
    — Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of clients
Noun
  • BlackBerry sells encrypted and secure communications products to customers like governments.
    — Arjun Kharpal,Kai Nicol-Schwarz, CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Potential customers could include defense manufacturers, semiconductor producers, energy storage developers and electric vehicle companies.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of customers
Noun
  • The man in the white shirt appears limp as fellow bar patrons walk in to check on him, and the bartender covers her mouth in apparent shock.
    — Joe Dwinell, Boston Herald, 24 Aug. 2026
  • The Vision Theatre’s reopening is expected to bring thousands of new patrons to Leimert Park, giving surrounding small businesses an opportunity to boost their bottom lines.
    — LaMonica Peters, Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of patrons

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“Guests.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/guests. Accessed 2 Sep. 2026.

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