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Definitions for Guest

[1] a person who spends some time at another person's home in some social activity, as a visit, dinner, or party.
[2] a person who receives the hospitality of a club, a city, or the like.
[3] a person who patronizes a hotel, restaurant, etc., for the lodging, food, or entertainment it provides.
[4] an often well-known person invited to participate or perform in a regular program, series, etc., as a substitute for a regular member or as a special attraction.
[5] Zoology . an inquiline.
[6] to entertain as a guest.
[7] to be a guest; make an appearance as a guest: She's been guesting on all the TV talk shows.
[8] provided for or done by a guest: a guest towel; a guest column for a newspaper.
[9] participating or performing as a guest: a guest conductor.
[10] Edgar A(lbert), 1881–1959, U.S. journalist and writer of verse, born in England.
[11] a person who is entertained, taken out to eat, etc, and paid for by another
[12] a person who receives hospitality at the home of another a weekend guest (as modifier ) the guest room
[13] a person who receives the hospitality of a government, establishment, or organization (as modifier ) a guest speaker
[14] an actor, contestant, entertainer, etc, taking part as a visitor in a programme in which there are also regular participants (as modifier ) a guest appearance
[15] a patron of a hotel, boarding house, restaurant, etc
[16] zoology a nontechnical name for inquiline
[17] be my guest informal do as you like
[18] (intr) (in theatre and broadcasting) to be a guest to guest on a show

Words related to Guest

customer, patron, visitor, caller, companion, inmate, client, recipient, tenant, vacationer, lodger, transient, boarder, frequenter, mate, renter, visitant, company, roomer, ephemera

Words nearby Guest

guesde, guess, guess again, guesstimate, guesswork, guest, guest beer, guest flag, guest of honor, guest room, guest rope

Origin of Guest

before 900; Middle English gest < Old Norse gestr; replacing Old English gi(e)st; cognate with German Gast, Gothic gasts, Latin hostis; cf. host1, host2

Words that may be confused with Guest

guessed, guest

Other words from Guest

guest·less , adjective

Word origin for Guest

Old English giest guest, stranger, enemy; related to Old Norse gestr, Gothic gasts, Old High German gast, Old Slavonic gostǐ, Latin hostis enemy

Synonyms for Guest

caller, client, companion, customer, inmate, patron, recipient, tenant, vacationer, visitor, bedfellow, boarder, company, ephemera, frequenter, lodger, mate, partaker, renter, roomer, sharer, sojourner, transient, visitant, habitué, out-of-towner