guest

/gɛst/

/gɛst/

Other forms: guests

If you invite a friend to your home, she is your guest. You might announce to your parents that you've invited seven guests for Thanksgiving.

Someone who's visiting, or who's been asked to come, is a guest. If your next door neighbor comes over for lunch, she's a guest, and every one of the two hundred people you invite to a wedding is also a guest. You're often referred to as a guest when you stay at a hotel, too. The Old English root of guest is gæst, "a stranger" or "an accidental guest."

Definitions of guest

1. noun

   a visitor to whom hospitality is extended
   synonyms: invitee

   types:

   guest of honor

   the person in whose honor a gathering is held

   house guest, houseguest

   a guest entertained in your house

   wedding guest

   a guest at a wedding

   type of:

   visitant, visitor

   someone who visits
2. noun

   a customer of a hotel or restaurant etc.
   types:

   no-show

   a guest who fails to notify a hotel or restaurant when canceling a reservation

   overnighter

   a guest who stays overnight

   type of:

   client, customer

   someone who pays for goods or services
3. noun

   (computer science) any computer that is hooked up to a computer network
   synonyms: client, node

   type of:

   computer, computing device, computing machine, data processor, electronic computer, information processing system

   a machine for performing calculations automatically