HOUSEGUEST Synonyms: 21 Similar and Opposite Words

houseguest

noun

Definition of houseguest

as in guest

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Recent Examples of houseguest And then the houseguest overstays his welcome by the five weeks of the title, which seems more like forever to the host family. — Stuart Miller, Oc Register, 10 June 2026 For now, humanoid robots still live in a strange middle ground between useful machines and uncanny houseguest. — Ron Schmelzer, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026 Laura Zapata is the latest houseguest to be evicted from Telemundo‘s La Casa de los Famosos, and her elimination sent shockwaves through the house. — Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 15 Apr. 2026 The incident involving Levine, Kellen said, allegedly occurred during a summer trip to France around 2003, when Levine was a houseguest at a property Epstein and Maxwell had rented in Saint-Tropez. — James Hill, ABC News, 4 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for houseguest

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Noun

As for the official calendar, Indian couturier Manish Malhotra, who dressed Karan Johar at this year’s Met Gala, is among the guest houses showing in Paris this season.

— Laure Guilbault, Vogue, 6 July 2026
The ship can accommodate 5,610 guests at double occupancy, according to a cruise line fact sheet.

— Nathan Diller, USA Today, 6 July 2026

Definition of guest

Noun

Los Robles officials said that staff, patients and visitors were safe and that medical care was not interrupted at the hospital.

— Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2026
Families, students, longtime Kansas City residents and visitors from across the Midwest stopped by the gathering.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 3 July 2026

Definition of visitor

Noun

Then the calls started, a wave of them from that same number ending in 67, a caller posing as an Apple supervisor and riding the spoofed line.

— Ryan Pettit, Time, 7 July 2026
Nix has a new play-caller in Davis Webb, which is being largely hailed as a good thing, including by head coach Sean Payton himself.

— Troy Renck, Denver Post, 6 July 2026

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