Meanings
tour1
plural tours
- A journey through a particular building, estate, country, etc.
On our last holiday to Spain we took a tour of the wine-growing regions.
- A guided visit to a particular place, or virtual place.
On the company's website, you can take a virtual tour of the headquarters.
- A journey through a given list of places, such as by an entertainer performing concerts.
Metallica's tour of Europe
- cyclingA street and road race, frequently multiday.
- hobbiesA set of competitions which make up a championship.
- governmentA tour of duty.
Among those released were two Americans who had been held captive for more than three months: Alex Drueke, a former U.S. Army staff sergeant who served two tours in Iraq, according to his aunt, Dianna Shaw; […]
2022 September 21, Carly Olson, Dan Bilefsky, “Ten prisoners, including Americans, have been released as part of a Russia-Ukraine exchange, Saudi Arabia says.”, in The New York Times, →ISSN - obsoleteA going round; a circuit.
The Bird of Jove, stoopt from his aerie tour,
1667, John Milton, “Book X”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC - obsoleteA turn; a revolution.
the tours of the heavenly bodies
1 more example
It [blood] onward springs, and makes the wondrous tour
1712, Richard Blackmore, Creation - ball gamesA circuit of snooker tournaments
present singular third person tours · participle present touring · participle past toured · past toured
- intransitiveTo make a journey.
The Rolling Stones were still touring when they were in their seventies.
- transitiveTo make a circuit of a place.
The circuses have been touring Europe for the last few weeks.
1 more example
Longtime Brooklynites, the pair had been casually searching for an upstate weekend retreat when they toured a house on a 3-acre parcel of land in Amenia, New York.
2026 May 28, Julie Belcove, “Farm Fresh”, in Architectural Digest, volume 83, number 4, page 90
tour2
tour3
present singular third person tours · participle present touring · participle past toured · past toured
Tour4
- abbreviationellipsiscyclingEllipsis of Tour de France.
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna journey or route all the way around a particular place or area
nouna time period for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else)
nouna period of time spent in military service
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
tour · noun, verb
- Old Frenchtour
- Englishtour
From Old French tour, tourn, from the verb torner, tourner.
More words from Old French
Full word history & related roots →tour · noun
- Frenchtour“tower”
- Old Frenchtor
- Englishtour
From Old French tor, French tour (“tower”).
More words from Old French, French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek περιήγησις
- περιήγησις (periḗgēsis)guided visit
Arabic رِحْلَة, جَوْلَة
- رِحْلَة (riḥla)journey
- جَوْلَة (jawla)journey
Bulgarian тур, турне́
- тур (tur)guided visit
- турне́ (turné)journey through given list of places
- обико́лка (obikólka)cycling: multistage street and road race
- but see прост ци́къл (prost cíkăl)graph theory: a closed trail
- обико́лка (obikólka)journey
- обикалям (obikaljam)to make a journey
- обхождам (obhoždam)to make a journey
- гастролирам (gastroliram)to make a circuit
Catalan gira, volta
- girajourney through given list of places
- voltacycling: multistage street and road race
- recorregutjourney
Chinese Mandarin 一筆畫 /一笔画, 旅游
- 一筆畫 /一笔画graph theory: a closed trail
- 旅游 (lǚyóu)journey
- 旅行 (lǚxíng)journey
- 旅途 (lǚtú)journey
- 旅程 (lǚchéng)journey
Danish tur, rundtur
- turjourney
- rundturjourney
Dutch rondgang, rondleiding
- rondgangguided visit
- rondleidingguided visit
- rondecycling: multistage street and road race
- excursiejourney
- reisjourney
- toerjourney
- toerento make a journey
Finnish kiertokäynti, opastettu kierros
- kiertokäyntiguided visit
- opastettu kierrosguided visit
- kiertuejourney through given list of places
- matkajourney
- kiertoajelujourney
- kiertokäyntijourney
- ekskursiojourney
French visite guidée, tournée
- visite guidéeguided visit
- tournéejourney through given list of places
- tourcycling: multistage street and road race
- excursionjourney
- voyagejourney
- tournéejourney
- tournerto make a journey
German Tour, Rundgang
- Tourguided visit
- Rundgangguided visit
- Tourjourney through given list of places
- Tourneejourney through given list of places
- Tourjourney
- Reisejourney
Greek περιήγηση, ξενάγηση
- περιήγηση (periígisi)guided visit
- ξενάγηση (xenágisi)guided visit
- περιοδεία (periodeía)journey through given list of places
- περιοδεία (periodeía)journey
- περιοδεύω (periodévo)to make a journey
- περιηγούμαι (periigoúmai)to make a journey
Hebrew סבב הופעות, סיור
- סבב הופעות (sevev hofāʿot)journey through given list of places
- סיור (siyúr)journey
- טיול (tiyúl)journey
- תִּיּוּר (tiyúr)journey
- תָּר (tar)to make a journey
Indonesian tur, tur
- turguided visit
- turjourney through given list of places
- turjourney
Italian tournée, (abbrevation) tour
- tournéejourney through given list of places
- (abbrevation) tourjourney through given list of places
- girocycling: multistage street and road race
- viaggiojourney
Japanese 旅行, 旅
- 旅行 (ryokō)journey
- 旅 (tabi)journey
- ツアー (tsuā)journey
Korean 여행, 투어
- 여행 (yeohaeng)journey
- 투어 (tueo)journey
Māori toronga, tawhio
- torongajourney through given list of places
- tawhioto make a circuit
- tāpoito make a circuit
Norwegian Bokmål rundtur, tur
- rundturguided visit
- turjourney
- rundturjourney
Persian تور
- تور (tur)guided visit
Portuguese excursão, tour
- excursãoguided visit
- tourguided visit
- turnêjourney through given list of places
- passeiojourney
Russian тур, путеше́ствие
- тур (tur)guided visit
- путеше́ствие (putešéstvije)journey
- пое́здка (pojézdka)journey
- турне́ (turnɛ́)journey
Scottish Gaelic cuairt, turas
- cuairtguided visit
- turasguided visit
- cuairtjourney through given list of places
- turasjourney through given list of places
- cuairtjourney
- turasjourney
Spanish tour, gira
- tourguided visit
- girajourney through given list of places
- tourjourney through given list of places
- tournée (turné)journey through given list of places
- vueltacycling: multistage street and road race
- recorridojourney
- tourjourney
- tournée (turné)journey
- recorrerto make a journey
- recorrerto make a circuit
Swedish turné
- turnéjourney through given list of places
Tamil சுற்றுலா, சுற்றுலா
- சுற்றுலா (cuṟṟulā)guided visit
- சுற்றுலா (cuṟṟulā)journey through given list of places
- சுற்று (cuṟṟu)graph theory: a closed trail
- சுற்றுலா (cuṟṟulā)journey
- சுற்று (cuṟṟu)to make a circuit
Thai ทัวร์, ทัวร์
- ทัวร์ (tuua)guided visit
- ทัวร์ (tuua)journey
Turkish tur, gezi
- turguided visit
- gezijourney
- gezintijourney
- gezmekto make a journey
- turlamakto make a circuit
Vietnamese chuyến du lịch, chuyến du lịch
- chuyến du lịchguided visit
- chuyến du lịchjourney through given list of places
- du lịchjourney
- lữ hànhjourney
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with tour
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Cite this entry
tour. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tour
“tour.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tour. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tour,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tour.
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