Antonyms for tour
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : toor |
| Phonetic Transcription : tʊər |
Definition of tour
Origin :- early 14c., "a turn, a shift on duty," from Old French tour, tourn "a turn, trick, round, circuit, circumference," from torner, tourner "to turn," from Latin tornare "to polish, round off, fashion, turn on a lathe" (see turn (v.)). Sense of "a traveling around, journey" is first recorded 1640s. Tour de France is recorded from 1922. The Grand Tour, a journey through France, Germany, Switzerland, and Italy formerly was the finishing touch in the education of a gentleman.
- noun journey; stint
- verb visit, journey
- Besides visiting Italy he explored Sicily, and kept a journal of his tour.
- Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
- Now I'm going on a tour of exploration and noisy admiration.
- Extract from : « Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton Campus » by Jessie Graham Flower
- Such, at least, was my luck when starting for my annual French tour in 1887.
- Extract from : « The Roof of France » by Matilda Betham-Edwards
- Isn't this tour for our pleasure, and can't we do what we like?
- Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson
- They are still partly on a marriage, and partly on an artistic, tour.'
- Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
- At their own request they were whirled over the Earth in Earth planes on a tour of inspection.
- Extract from : « Slaves of Mercury » by Nat Schachner
- Let who will decide which tour de force was the more difficult.
- Extract from : « A Writer's Recollections (In Two Volumes), Volume II » by Mrs. Humphry Ward
- I've a notion of sendin' you an' him on a walkin' tour in Connacht.
- Extract from : « Changing Winds » by St. John G. Ervine
- It's just the same with our friend Santerre; he's starting on a tour to-morrow.
- Extract from : « Fruitfulness » by Emile Zola
- That day precisely, I had made a tour of inspection with my son, Jacques.
- Extract from : « The Flood » by Emile Zola
Synonyms for tour
- barnstorm
- bout
- circle tour
- circuit
- course
- cruise
- excursion
- expedition
- explore
- getaway
- globe-trot
- go
- go on the road
- hitch
- holiday
- hop
- jaunt
- jet
- junket
- outing
- overnight
- peregrinate
- peregrination
- progress
- road
- round
- round trip
- roundabout
- run
- shift
- sightsee
- spell
- stretch
- stump
- swing
- take a trip
- time
- travel
- trek
- trick
- trip
- turn
- vacation
- voyage
- weekend
- whistle-stop
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