sightseeing

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noun

The activity of going out looking at things; tourism.

“Sightseeing is a frequent reason to visit San Francisco.”

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Meanings

nounsightseeing (usually uncountable, plural sightseeings)

plural sightseeings · alternative sight-seeing

  1. uncountableusuallyThe activity of going out looking at things; tourism.

    Sightseeing is a frequent reason to visit San Francisco.

verb

alternative sight-seeing

  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of sightsee

Synonyms & antonyms

noungoing about to look at places of interest

Similar
rubber-necking
Broader
looklookinglooking at

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From sight + seeing.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Arabic زِيَارَة مَعَالِم اَلْمَدِينَة, سِيَاحَة
  • زِيَارَة مَعَالِم اَلْمَدِينَة (ziyārat maʕālim al-madīna)tourism
  • سِيَاحَة (siyāḥa)tourism
Bulgarian разглеждане на забележителности
  • разглеждане на забележителности (razgleždane na zabeležitelnosti)tourism
Chinese Mandarin 觀光 /观光, 遊覽 /游览
  • 觀光 /观光 (guānguāng)tourism
  • 遊覽 /游览 (yóulǎn)tourism
Dutch sightseeing, bezichtigen van bezienswaardigheden
  • sightseeingtourism
  • bezichtigen van bezienswaardighedentourism
  • toerismetourism
  • op excursie gaantourism
Finnish nähtävyyksien katselu, kiertoajelu
  • nähtävyyksien katselutourism
  • kiertoajelutourism
French tourisme
  • tourismetourism
German Sightseeing, Tourismus
  • Sightseeingtourism
  • Tourismustourism
  • Besichtigen n von Sehenswürdigkeitentourism
  • Besichtigung f von Sehenswürdigkeitentourism
Hungarian városnézés, műemléklátogatás
  • városnézéstourism
  • műemléklátogatástourism
Irish turasóireacht
  • turasóireachttourism
Italian giro turistico
  • giro turisticotourism
Japanese 観光, 見物
  • 観光 (kankō)tourism
  • 見物 (kenbutsu)tourism
  • サイトシーイング (saitoshīingu)tourism
Korean 관광, 구경
  • 관광 (gwan'gwang)tourism
  • 구경 (gugyeong)tourism
  • 유람 (yuram)tourism
Norwegian Bokmål sightseeing
  • sightseeingtourism
Polish zwiedzanie
  • zwiedzanietourism
Russian осмо́тр достопримеча́тельностей
  • осмо́тр достопримеча́тельностей (osmótr dostoprimečátelʹnostej)tourism
Spanish turismo, excursionismo
  • turismotourism
  • excursionismotourism
Thai ทัศนาจร, ทัศนศึกษา
  • ทัศนาจร (tát-sà-naa-jɔɔn)tourism
  • ทัศนศึกษา (tát-sʉ̀k-sǎa)tourism
Turkish gezip görme
  • gezip görmetourism
Cite this entry
APA

sightseeing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sightseeing

MLA

“sightseeing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sightseeing. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sightseeing,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sightseeing.

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