Word Meanings - VISITOR - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. One who visits; one who comes or goes to see another, as in civility or friendship. "This great flood of visitors." Shak. 2. A superior, or a person lawfully appointed for the purpose, who makes formal visits of inspection to a corporation or

Additional info about word: VISITOR

1. One who visits; one who comes or goes to see another, as in civility or friendship. "This great flood of visitors." Shak. 2. A superior, or a person lawfully appointed for the purpose, who makes formal visits of inspection to a corporation or an institution. See Visit, v. t., 2, and Visitation, n., 2. The king is the visitor of all lay corporations. Blackstone.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of VISITOR)

• Guest
• Visitor
• Superintendent
• Inspector
• overseer
• controller
• director
• manager
• visitor
• head
• principal
• supervisor

Related words: (words related to VISITOR)

• PRINCIPALNESS
  The quality of being principal.
• PRINCIPALITY
  preëminence, excellence: cf. F. principalité, principauté. See 1. Sovereignty; supreme power; hence, superiority; predominance; high, or the highest, station. Sir P. Sidney. Your principalities shall come down, even the crown of your glory.
• INSPECTOR
  One who inspects, views, or oversees; one to whom the supervision of any work is committed; one who makes an official view or examination, as a military or civil officer; a superintendent; a supervisor; an overseer. Inspector general , a staff
• SUPERVISORY
  Of or pertaining to supervision; as, supervisory powers.
• INSPECTORSHIP
  1. The office of an inspector. 2. The district embraced by an inspector's jurisdiction.
• DIRECTORY
  Containing directions; enjoining; instructing; directorial.
• OVERSEERSHIP
  The office of an overseer.
• MANAGERY
  1. Management; manner of using; conduct; direction. 2. Husbandry; economy; frugality. Bp. Burnet.
• DIRECTORSHIP
  The condition or office of a director; directorate.
• DIRECTORIAL
  1. Having the quality of a director, or authoritative guide; directive. 2. Pertaining to: director or directory; specifically, relating to the Directory of France under the first republic. See Directory, 3. Whoever goes to the directorial presence
• CONTROLLER
  An iron block, usually bolted to a ship's deck, for controlling the running out of a chain cable. The links of the cable tend to drop into hollows in the block, and thus hold fast until disengaged. (more info) 1. One who, or that which, controls
• OVERSEER
  One who oversees; a superintendent; a supervisor; as, an overseer of a mill; specifically, one or certain public officers; as, an overseer of the poor; an overseer of highways.
• GUEST
  gust, Icel gestr, Sw. gäst, Dan. Gjäst, Goth. gast, Russ. goste, and to L. hostis enemy, stranger; the meaning stranger is the older one, 1. A visitor; a person received and entertained in one's house or at one's table; a visitor entertained
• INSPECTORATE
  Inspectorship.
• MANAGERIAL
  Of or pertaining to management or a manager; as, managerial qualities. "Managerial responsibility." C. Bronté.
• PRINCIPALLY
  In a principal manner; primarily; above all; chiefly; mainly.
• VISITOR
  1. One who visits; one who comes or goes to see another, as in civility or friendship. "This great flood of visitors." Shak. 2. A superior, or a person lawfully appointed for the purpose, who makes formal visits of inspection to a corporation or
• INSPECTORIAL
  Of or pertaining to an inspector or to inspection.
• DIRECTORATE
  The office of director; also, a body of directors taken jointly.
• VISITORIAL
  See VISITATORIAL
• MISMANAGER
  One who manages ill.
• GUINEA-PIG DIRECTOR
  A director who serves merely or mainly for the fee paid for attendance.
• TONGUESTER
  One who uses his tongue; a talker; a story-teller; a gossip. Step by step we rose to greatness; through the tonguesters we may fall. Tennyson.