Word forms: plural travellersregional note: in AM, use traveler
1. countable noun
A traveller is a person who is making a journey or a person who travels a lot.
Many air travellers suffer puffy ankles and feet during long flights.
Synonyms: voyager, tourist, passenger, journeyer More Synonyms of traveller
2. countable noun
A traveller is a person who travels from place to place, often living in a van or other vehicle, rather than living in one place.
[British]
3. See also New Age traveller
More Synonyms of traveller
traveller in British English
or US traveler (ˈtrævələ, ˈtrævlə)
noun
1.
a person who travels, esp habitually
2. travelling salesman
3. (sometimes capital)
a member of the travelling people
4.
a part of a mechanism that moves in a fixed course
5. nautical
a.
a thimble fitted to slide freely on a rope, spar, or rod
b.
the fixed rod on which such a thimble slides
6. Australian
a swagman
Examples of 'traveller' in a sentence
traveller
Her great-grandfather had clearly been a dedicated and stoical traveller.
Thomas, Rosie THE WHITE DOVE (2004)
Laura's comment about being a seasoned traveller was also annoying, inferring that Sophie was not.
Martin, Joy THE IMAGE OF LAURA (2004)
I don't see how I was supposed to know she was a nervous traveller.
Laurie Graham MR STARLIGHT (2004)
In other languages
traveller
British English: traveller /ˈtrævələ; ˈtrævlə/ NOUN
A traveller is a person who is making a journey or who travels a lot.
...airline travellers.
American English: traveler
Arabic: مُسَافِر
Brazilian Portuguese: viajante
Chinese: 旅行者
Croatian: putnik
Czech: cestovatel
Danish: rejsende
Dutch: reiziger
European Spanish: viajero viaje
Finnish: matkailija
French: voyageur
German: Reisender
Greek: ταξιδιώτης
Italian: viaggiatore
Japanese: 旅行者
Korean: 여행자
Norwegian: reisende
Polish: podróżny
European Portuguese: viajante
Romanian: călător
Russian: путешественник
Latin American Spanish: viajero
Swedish: resenär
Thai: ผู้เดินทาง
Turkish: yolcu
Ukrainian: мандрівник
Vietnamese: khách du lịch
All related terms of 'traveller'
traveler
a person who travels
fellow traveller
a companion on a journey
commercial traveller
→ another name for travelling salesman
New Age traveller
New Age travellers are people who live in tents and vehicles and travel from place to place, and who reject many of the values of modern society.
traveller's cheque
Traveller's cheques are cheques that you could buy in the past at a bank and take with you when you travelled , for example so that you could exchange them for the currency of the country that you were in.
traveller's joy
a ranunculaceous Old World climbing plant, Clematis vitalba , having white flowers and heads of feathery plumed fruits
Chinese translation of 'traveller'
traveller
or (US) traveler
(ˈtrævləʳ)
n(c)
旅行者 (lǚxíngzhě) (位, wèi)
(Brit, = gypsy) 漂泊者 (piāobózhě) (个(個), gè)
1 (noun)
Definition
a person who travels, esp. habitually
Many air travellers suffer puffy ankles during long flights.
Synonyms
voyager
tourist
foreign tourists
passenger
a flight from Milan with more than forty passengers aboard
the pillion passenger on a motorbike
journeyer
explorer
the British explorer who discovered the North Magnetic Pole
hiker
tripper (British)
when the shops shut and the trippers go home
globetrotter
holiday-maker
wayfarer
40,000 motels catering for weary wayfarers
excursionist
2 (noun)
Definition
a Gypsy
The whole idea of being a traveller is being self-sufficient.
Synonyms
gypsy
migrant
economic migrants and political refugees
wanderer
Her father, a restless wanderer, abandoned the family.
tinker
tramp
transient
nomad
The greater part was desert, inhabited by nomads.
itinerant
drifter
an out-of-work drifter
vagrant
He lived on the street as a vagrant.
Romany
vagabond
He had lived as a vagabond, begging for food.
New Age traveller
wayfarer
3 (noun)
Definition
a travelling salesman
My father was a commercial traveller who migrated from Scotland.
Synonyms
travelling salesperson
representative
She was a sales representative.
rep
salesperson
sales rep
commercial traveller
agent
You are buying direct, rather than through an agent.
Additional synonyms
in the sense of agent
Definition
a person who arranges business for other people, esp. for actors or singers
You are buying direct, rather than through an agent.
Synonyms
representative,
deputy,
substitute,
advocate,
rep (informal),
broker,
delegate,
factor (Scottish),
negotiator,
envoy,
trustee,
proxy,
surrogate,
go-between,
emissary
in the sense of drifter
Definition
a person who moves aimlessly from place to place
an out-of-work drifter
Synonyms
wanderer,
bum (informal),
tramp (old-fashioned),
itinerant (old-fashioned),
vagrant,
hobo (US),
vagabond (old-fashioned, old-fashioned),
rolling stone,
bag lady,
derro (Australian, slang)
in the sense of explorer
the British explorer who discovered the North Magnetic Pole
Synonyms
traveller,
journeyer,
adventurer,
voyager,
globetrotter,
discoverer
Synonyms of 'traveller'
traveller
Explore 'traveller' in the dictionary
Additional synonyms
in the sense of migrant
Definition
a person or animal that moves from one place to another
economic migrants and political refugees
Synonyms
wanderer,
immigrant,
traveller,
rover,
transient,
nomad,
emigrant,
itinerant,
drifter,
vagrant
in the sense of nomad
Definition
a wanderer
The greater part was desert, inhabited by nomads.
Synonyms
wanderer,
migrant,
rover,
rambler,
itinerant,
drifter,
vagabond
in the sense of passenger
Definition
a person travelling in a vehicle driven by someone else
a flight from Milan with more than forty passengers aboardthe pillion passenger on a motorbike
Synonyms
traveller,
rider,
fare,
commuter,
hitchhiker,
pillion rider,
fare payer
in the sense of representative
Definition
a person who tries to sell the products or services of a firm
She was a sales representative.
Synonyms
agent,
salesperson,
rep,
traveller,
commercial traveller
in the sense of tourist
Definition
a person who travels for pleasure, usually sightseeing and staying in hotels
foreign tourists
Synonyms
traveller,
journeyer,
voyager,
tripper (British),
globetrotter,
holiday-maker,
sightseer,
excursionist
in the sense of tramp
Definition
a homeless person who travels about on foot, living by begging or doing casual work
Synonyms
vagrant,
bum (informal),
derelict,
drifter,
down-and-out,
hobo (US),
vagabond,
bag lady,
dosser (British, slang),
derro (Australian, slang)
in the sense of tripper
Definition
a tourist
when the shops shut and the trippers go home
Synonyms
tourist,
holiday-maker,
sightseer,
excursionist,
journeyer,
voyager
in the sense of vagabond
Definition
a person who travels from place to place and has no fixed home or job
He had lived as a vagabond, begging for food.
Synonyms
vagrant,
tramp (old-fashioned),
bum (informal),
drifter,
migrant,
rolling stone,
wanderer,
beggar,
outcast,
rover,
nomad,
itinerant,
down-and-out,
hobo (US),
bag lady,
wayfarer,
dosser (British, slang),
knight of the road,
person of no fixed address,
derro (Australian, slang)
in the sense of vagrant
Definition
a person who moves from place to place and has no regular home or job
He lived on the street as a vagrant.
Synonyms
drifter,
tramp (old-fashioned),
bum (informal),
vagabond,
rolling stone,
wanderer,
beggar,
derelict,
itinerant,
down-and-out,
hobo (US),
bag lady,
dosser (British, slang),
pikey (British, slang),
bird of passage,
person of no fixed address,
derro (Australian, slang)
in the sense of wanderer
Her father, a restless wanderer, abandoned the family.