tour

Meaning of tour

noun
  1. a journey for pleasure in which several different places are visited.
    a motoring tour of Scotland
  2. a journey made by performers or a sports team, in which they perform or play in several different places.
    Ireland's eight-match tour of New Zealand
    she joined the Royal Shakespeare Company on tour
  3. a spell of duty on military or diplomatic service.
    a tour of duty in Northern Ireland
verb
  1. make a tour of (an area).
    he decided to tour France
    he toured in America and Europe

Middle English (in tour (sense 3 of the noun); also denoting a circular movement): from Old French, ‘turn’, via Latin from Greek tornos ‘lathe’. Sense 1 dates from the mid 17th century.

Information about tour

Hyphenation of tour

tour

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 4 chars.
  • tour is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

tour synonyms

Meaning circuit:

circuit

Meaning go:

go, spell, turn

Meaning enlistment:

enlistment, hitch

Meaning a short journey or trip, especially one taken as a leisure activity:

excursion

Meaning an act of travelling from one place to another:

journey

Meaning a journey undertaken by a group of people with a particular purpose, especially that of exploration, research, or war:

expedition

Meaning a journey or excursion, especially for pleasure:

trip

Meaning a short excursion or journey made for pleasure:

jaunt

Meaning a trip taken for pleasure, especially one lasting a day or less:

outing

Meaning an extravagant trip or celebration, in particular one enjoyed by a government official at public expense:

junket

Meaning a long journey involving travel by sea or in space:

voyage

Meaning a long arduous journey, especially one made on foot:

trek

Meaning an expedition to observe or hunt animals in their natural habitat, especially in East Africa:

safari

Meaning a journey, especially a long or meandering one:

peregrination

Meaning a person's fixed or allotted period of work:

stint

Meaning an act of stretching one's limbs or body:

stretch

Meaning a slight change in position, direction, or tendency:

shift

Meaning a task or piece of work allocated to someone as part of a job or course of study:

assignment

Meaning a moral or legal obligation; a responsibility:

duty

Meaning travel through (an unfamiliar area) in order to learn about it:

explore

Meaning sail about in an area without a precise destination, especially for pleasure:

cruise

Meaning travel widely:

globetrot

Meaning visit as a tourist, especially in a superficial or hurried way:

do

Meaning stay temporarily with (someone) or at (a place) as a guest or tourist:

visit

Meaning perceive with the eyes; discern visually:

see

Meaning look at (someone or something) closely, typically to assess their condition or to discover any shortcomings:

inspect

Meaning assess (something) formally with the intention of instituting change if necessary:

review

Meaning look closely at or examine (someone or something):

survey

Meaning examine or inspect closely and thoroughly:

scrutinize

Translation of tour

Anagrams of tour

outr, rout, Toru, toru

Words that rhyme with tour

Latour, Rahmatour, acatour, achatour, atour, caliatour, mairatour, wardatour, detour, retour, treachetour, tregetour, semitour, treitour, contour, entour, recontour, santour, notour, dortour, destour, dustour, pastour, woustour, attour

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