Music is a musician, an address is a sender, an excursion is a sightseer. All these words are united by the way of word formation. Do you know what words formed in this way mean? From this article you will learn the meaning of the word excursionist, its morphological synonyms and characteristics.
Tourist is…
At first glance at the word, it becomes clear that it refers to something or someone associated with the tour.
Tourist is a person taking part in the excursion.
Morphological characteristics
From the point of view of morphology, "tourist" is a common animate masculine noun. "Tourist" declines according to the second type.
| Case | Question | Singular | Plural |
| Nominative | Who? | The excursionist was extremely dissatisfied with the excursion program. | Sightseers were sitting in the foyer. |
| Genitive | Who? | I don't see any tourists here. | Inna Valentinovna waited a long time for the tourists, but only two people came. |
| Dative | Who? | The museum curator showed the sightseer medals and orders. | Tourists were not explained how to behave on the tour. |
| Accusative | Who? | I don't understand this sightseer: every day he goes here as if he were going to work. | Angelina Vasilievna did not like her job and everything connected with it: sightseers, brochures. |
| Instrumental | Who? | He called himself a sightseer - if you like it or not, come on a tour. | The trainee enjoyed commanding the excursionists. |
| Prepositional case | About whom? | Everything about the excursionist was suspicious: the manner of speaking and dressing, a mocking grin and shifty eyes. | Tell me more about tomorrow's excursionists, I must know the target audience of tomorrow's project. |
Tourist: synonyms
Synonyms are words with similar meanings. Let's try to find at least one synonym for the noun "tourist". A sightseer is a visitor, for example, to a museum. But this word, of course, does not fully convey the meaning of the noun we are considering.
