guest

Someone you invite to your home or to an event.

• Our guests arrived early.
• We invited six guests to dinner.
• Are you expecting a guest tonight?

How to use it: guest at something (She was a guest at our wedding.)

Similar words: visitor

Opposites: host

Common phrases: dinner guest, welcome a guest, guest at something

Someone who pays to stay at a hotel or similar place.

• Hotel guests can use the pool.
• The guest asked for a quieter room.
• Breakfast is free for all guests.

Common phrases: hotel guest, paying guest, guest room

Someone invited to visit an organization or appear in a show.

• Our guest tonight is a famous singer.
• The university welcomed a guest from Brazil.
• Three guests discussed the election on the show.

How to use it: guest on something (He was a guest on a radio show.)

Common phrases: special guest, guest speaker, guest on something