guest

/ɡɛst/

nounguest

Think: "A gUEST is a visitor you gET"—both words start with GE and end with a T sound.

Yes, it's guest. Remember the silent U: it’s spelled g-u-e-s-t, but you only hear /gɛst/.

Definition

  1. nouna person who is invited to visit or stay with someone, or who goes to an event or place by invitation or payment

Examples

  • “We have a guest coming to dinner tonight.”
  • “The hotel clerk greeted each guest with a smile.”
  • “Please sign your name in the guest book at the front desk.”

Synonyms

visitorinviteecallerpatroncompany

Antonyms

host

Translations

ES invitado(a)PT convidado(a)FR invité(e)

Common misspellings

gestguistguesstguestsgueestgusetguetgueset

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