guests
People you host
Guests are people who have been invited somewhere or who are receiving hospitality.
A guest at a party or wedding attends by invitation; a guest at a hotel pays to stay there temporarily.
The word suggests a relationship where someone is welcomed into another's space or event.
Guest also works as an adjective for things associated with visitors: a guest bedroom, a guest list.
To guest somewhere, especially on a show or podcast, is to appear as an invited participant rather than a regular.
Travelers seeing sights
- travelersPeople on trips
- arrivalsThose who come
- foreignersPeople from elsewhere
- strangersPeople unknown to you
sojourners · vacationers · pilgrims · sightseers · backpackers · globetrotters · voyagers · explorers
Those formally asked
- partygoersCelebration attendees
- attendeesPeople at an event
- companyCommercial enterprise or guests
- gatheringCollection of people meeting
friends · acquaintances · companions · plus-one · RSVP · party · celebration · reception
Receiving guests socially
- welcomeHospitable greeting offered
- accommodationShelter or housing provided
- receptionAct of receiving guests
- cordialitySincere friendly warmth
warmth · graciousness · courtesy · amenities · service · entertaining · hostess · innkeeper
tourists
Travelers seeing sights
- travelersPeople on trips
- arrivalsThose who come
- foreignersPeople from elsewhere
strangers · sojourners · vacationers · pilgrims · sightseers · backpackers · globetrotters · voyagers · explorers · newcomers
invitees
Those formally asked
- partygoersCelebration attendees
- attendeesPeople at an event
- companyCommercial enterprise or guests
gathering · friends · acquaintances · companions · plus-one · RSVP · party · celebration · reception · banquet
hosting
Receiving guests socially
- welcomeHospitable greeting offered
- accommodationShelter or housing provided
- receptionAct of receiving guests
cordiality · warmth · graciousness · courtesy · amenities · service · entertaining · hostess · innkeeper · catering
customers
People who purchase goods
- clientsThose receiving professional services
- dinersCasual roadside eateries
- lodgersPaying household residents
boarders · tenants · reservations · check-in · checkout · concierge · bellhop · room service · regulars · clientele
cameo
Brief guest appearance
performer · honoree · keynote · talk show · interview · podcast · featured · appearance · visiting
- celebrationsgraduation, festival, party, wedding, fireworks
- peoplepeople, persons, person, individuals, humans
- socializingmingle, mingles, mingling, party, parties
- attendeesattendees, attendee, participant, participants, audience
- event planningevent planning, event coordination, agenda, timeline, RSVP
- garden partiesgarden party, lawn chairs, patio furniture, gazebo, gazebos
guestshosts
Those who entertain guests
hostess · host · landlord · landlady · proprietor
guestsresidents
People living somewhere
inhabitants · permanent residents · occupants · tenants · dwellers
guestsintruders
Unauthorized entrants
trespassers · invaders · gatecrasher · interlopers · enemies
- be my guestInvitation to proceed freely
- guest roomSleeping space for visitors
- guest listRecord of invitees
- guest of honorCelebrated person at event
- wedding guestsThose attending a marriage ceremony
- guest bookLog for visitor signatures
guest, guesthouse, guesting, guested, guesthouses, guestroom, guest room, guestlist, guest of honor