noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A person who visits and stays at someone else's house, usually for one or more nights.

   "We had houseguests for weeks after the wedding."

2. 2
   a guest entertained in your house wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

guestguesthouse guesthouse guest

Example

More examples

"Tom showed up unannounced the other day and now we have a houseguest."

Etymology

From house + guest.

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