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day-tripper

day-trip·per
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [dey trip-er]
    • /deɪ ˈtrɪp ər/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [dey trip-er]
    • /deɪ ˈtrɪp ər/

Definitions of day-tripper word

  • countable noun day-tripper A day-tripper is someone who goes on a day trip. 3
  • noun day-tripper a person who takes a day trip 3
  • noun day-tripper a person who takes a pleasure trip, returning home the same day 3
  • noun day-tripper a person who goes on a trip, especially an excursion, lasting all or part of a day but not overnight. 1
  • noun day-tripper Someone who takes a day trip. 0

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Origin of day-tripper

First appearance:

before 1895
One of the 18% newest English words
1895-1900; day trip + -er1

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Parts of speech for Day-tripper

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

day-tripper popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 37% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data about 64% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

Synonyms for day-tripper

noun day-tripper

  • visitor — a person who visits, as for reasons of friendship, business, duty, travel, or the like.
  • sightseer — to go about seeing places and things of interest: In Rome, we only had two days to sightsee.
  • traveler — a person or thing that travels.
  • rubberneck — to look about or stare with great curiosity, as by craning the neck or turning the head.
  • stranger — French L'Étranger. a novel (1942) by Albert Camus.

Antonyms for day-tripper

noun day-tripper

  • inhabitant — a person or animal that inhabits a place, especially as a permanent resident.
  • local — low-cal.
  • native — being the place or environment in which a person was born or a thing came into being: one's native land.

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