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
Example sentences :
  • 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

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