What does visitor mean?
Word: Visitor
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Visitor means a person who comes to see a person or a place.
Synonyms: caller, tourist
Antonyms: host
How do you spell visitor?
Syllables: vis - i - tor
Tricky part: People who write visiter use the er ending, but this word takes or.
Watch out for: visiter, visitur, visator
Memory tip: Actor, doctor, sailor and visitor are all people who do something, and all four end in or.
Visitor in a sentence
Example 1: We had a surprise visitor on Sunday: my uncle from Sydney.
Example 2: Visitors must sign the register at the school gate.
Example 3: The zoo gets thousands of visitors during the summer holidays.
Fun Fact
Visit comes from the Latin visitare, to go to see, which grew from videre, to see. Vision and video come from the same root.
Practise the CREST Way
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the incorrectly spelt word:
a) passenger
b) stranger
c) vizitor
d) tourist
Show answer
c) vizitor. Visitor sounds as if it has a z, but it is written with an s.
Word Cookie
Find the extra letter in the word:
visittor
a) o
b) s
c) i
d) t
Show answer
d) t. Visitor has just one t, right before the or.
Word Connection
Choose the synonym of the word:
visitor
a) owner
b) cousin
c) neighbour
d) guest
Show answer
d) guest. A guest is someone who comes to your home, just as a visitor does.
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
tsoiirv
a) victor
b) visit
c) visor
d) visitor
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d) visitor. Visit and visor are too short, and victor needs a c; visitor uses all seven letters.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. At a museum, who counts as a visitor?
a) a family looking at the exhibits
b) the cleaner mopping the floor
c) the man who sells tickets
d) the guard at the main door
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a) a family looking at the exhibits
2. A sign says 'Visitors please wait here.' It is meant for ____.
a) the staff who work there
b) the guards on night duty
c) people who have come to see someone
d) people who live in the building
Show answer
c) people who have come to see someone
