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Definition: Guest |
GuestAdjective1. Staying temporarily; "a visiting foreigner"; "guest conductor". Noun1. A visitor to whom hospitality is extended. 2. United States journalist (born in England) noted for his syndicated homey verse (1881-1959). 3. A customer of a hotel or restaurant etc. 4. (computer science) any computer that is hooked up to a computer network. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "guest" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Geological | A GLIS guest user is one who has not registered as a fully functional GLIS user. The guest user has full search capabilities and may request that data be ordered, but does not have the capability to save session information or search results, have a GLIS electronic mailbox, or use some of the system's advanced features. A guest may register by selecting the USERINFO option from the MAIN_MENU screen.NOTE: A registered user who has signed on as a guest cannot switch to a "registered user" status within the same session. The user must exit GLIS and login as a registered user. (references) |
Literature | Guest The Ungrateful Guest was the brand fixed by Philip of Macedon on a Macedonian soldier who had been kindly entertained by a villager, and, being asked by the king what he could give him, requested the farm and cottage of his entertainer. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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Synonyms: GuestSynonyms: guest(a) (adj), visiting (adj), client (n), invitee (n), node (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Courtesy | Receive, do the honors, usher, greet, hail, bid welcome; welcome, welcome with open arms; shake hands; hold out the hand, press the hand, squeeze the hand, press the flesh; bid Godspeed; speed the parting guest; cheer, serenade. |
Friend | Host, Amphitryon, Boniface; guest, visitor, prot_g_. |
Inhabitant | Noun: inhabitant; resident, residentiary; dweller, indweller; addressee; occupier, occupant; householder, lodger, inmate, tenant, incumbent, sojourner, locum tenens, commorant; settler, squatter, backwoodsman, colonist; islander; denizen, citizen; burgher, oppidan, cit, townsman, burgess; villager; cottager, cottier, cotter; compatriot; backsettler, boarder; hotel keeper, innkeeper; habitant; paying guest; planter. |
Sociality | Phrase: " a crowd is not company "; " be bright and jovial among your guests tonight "; " his worth is warrant for his welcome "; " let's be red with mirth "; " welcome the coming speed the parting guest ". |
Transientness | Transient, transient boarder, transient guest. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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Screenplays | Well, maybe you're naked and I'm the only guest, but it's still elegant (What Women Want; writing credit: Josh Goldsmith; Cathy Yuspa) The bad fiancé, the bad dinner guest, the bad credit risk (Seinfeld; writing credit: Andreas Lenze; Bea Schmidt) You be my guest, and I be your host (Blazing Saddles; writing credit: Andrew Bergman; Mel Brooks) Is she in the guest room again (Auntie Mame; writing credit: Betty Comden; Patrick Dennis) I was formerly a guest here (The Rock; writing credit: David Weisberg; Douglas Cook) | |
Clever | A perfect guest is one who makes his host feel at home. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Be My Guest (1965) House Fly Guest (1965) Guest Who? (1965) Pesty Guest (1965) Guest Shot (1962) | |
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 | Jennie did not speak : she only regarded her guest with a half-resentful understanding. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | It's the same family. Last winter in the city -- and after three months at their "guest" place in the country!. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | The guest of honor. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | The Guest. "Those idiot Yankees" / Cesare. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Capital's prettiest deb is guest at White House party for Allan Hoover]. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Detroit School of Design, 1912, showing Miss Grace Guest. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Chevy Chase, Maryland. Guest on the porch in the evening at Mrs. Harper's tourist home at 5530 Wisconsin Avenue. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Niagara Falls, New York. Entertaining guest playing Chinese checkers on Nan Hannegan's birthday at Mrs. Hannegan's boardinghouse for war workers. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Mr. A.O. Knudsen, residence in Old Lyme, Connecticut. Guest house exterior. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Mr. and Mrs. C. Frederick C. Stout, residence on Glenn Ave., Ardmore, Pennsylvania. Flower guest room. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| Author | Quotation |
Benjamin Franklin | After three days men grow weary of a wench, a guest, and rainy weather. |
Bovee | Care admitted as a guest, quickly turns to be a master. |
Homer | A guest never forgets the host who had treated him kindly. |
Jean De La Bruyere | The first day one is a guest, the second a burden, and the third a pest. |
Johann Friedrich Von Schiller | A gloomy guest fits not a wedding feast. |
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe | Beauty is everywhere a welcome guest. |
Lucretius | Why dost thou not retire like a guest sated with the banquet of life, and with calm mind embrace, thou fool, a rest that knows no care? |
Plautus | No guest is so welcome in a friend's house that he will not become a nuisance after three days. |
Somerville | Adversity, sage useful guest, severe instructor, but the best; it is from thee alone we know justly to value things below. |
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Sylvie and Bruno Concluded | Carroll, Lewis | No time was lost in helping the dishes, and very speedily every guest found his plate filled with good things |
Scarlet Letter | Hawthorne, Nathaniel | I have heard him smack his lips over dinners, every guest at which, except himself, had long been food for worms |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | The bishop left his guest in the alcove, before a clean white bed. |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | And as each guest came through the gate he mentioned the name of the camper who had invited him. |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | The behavior of the young colt and foal appeared very modest, and that of the master and mistress extremely cheerful and complaisant to their guest. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | FIV is a permanent guest on the commission. (references) | |
In a typical business meeting, the guest may be offered tea, coffee or a soft drink when he/she arrives. (references) | ||
There are almost 7 million foreign residents, including those granted asylum, guest workers, and their dependents. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | Niger | In March the Government brought charges of complicity against an opposition radio journalist after a guest allegedly made libelous remarks about a political rival during a live broadcast. (references) |
Moldova | The stations themselves, to be in compliance, are tasked with monitoring and allowing a party to use only its allotted time; there has been controversy over whether or not the appearance of a party or a spokesperson for a party in another context, such as in a newscast or as a discussion program guest, is counted towards this allotted time. (references) | |
Austria | In addition residence rights were extended to those needing protection, immediate relatives of guest workers who had benefited from the original assistance program under either TPS or asylum, and Kosovars who had stayed in the country until July 2000 under either TPS or asylum--provided that one immediate family member was integrated into the labor market. (references) | |
Economic History | Vietnam | Common venues are the Giang Vo Exhibition Center, the Viet-Xo Cultural House, and the Army Guest House in Hanoi. (references) |
Trinidad | The highest rate of growth occurred in the Guest House (22.6 percent), Hotels (11.4%) and Private (7.2 %) categories. (references) | |
Oman | Some 600,000 expatriates live in Oman, most of whom are guest workers from South Asia, Egypt, Jordan, and the Philippines. (references) | |
Human Rights | Burma | The law requires that any person who spends the night at a place other than his registered domicile inform the police in advance, and that any household that hosts a person not domiciled there to maintain and submit to the police a guest list. (references) |
Political Economy | TAIWAN | However, new contracts for guest workers, which include provision for deductions for formerly free room and board, have effectively lowered pay rates. (references) |
Travel | Philippines | A guest speaker is often the highlight of the dinner. (references) |
Women | Kenya | For example, under the customary law of most ethnic groups, a woman cannot inherit land and must live on the land as a guest of males who are relatives by blood or marriage. (references) |
Worker Rights | Bhutan | A UNICEF study suggested that children as young as 11 years sometimes are employed with roadbuilding teams, which usually are made up of non-Bhutanese guest workers. (references) |
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| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Alexander Benedetto | William is lying there sleeping in the guest house there. We go back in. We sit down, watch a little TV, unwind a little bit, go to sleep. |
Joan Rivers | I'm sure he's a wonderful guest. I'm sure he's full of charm when he wants to be. And I have stories, I'm not going to go in it, that he's done terrible things to people that can't answer him back. Not my boy. |
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
John F. Kennedy | 1961-1963 | I am proud to come to this city as the guest of your distinguished Mayor, who has symbolized throughout the world the fighting spirit of West Berlin. |
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| "Guest" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 95.85% of the time. "Guest" is used about 2,383 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 95.85% | 2,285 | 3,884 |
| Noun (proper) | 4.15% | 99 | 32,870 |
| Total | 100.00% | 2,383 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "guest" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Guest | Last name | 4,000 | 3,312 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| Country | Name |
| USA | Guest Supply, Inc. |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "guest": announce a guest ♦ be my guest ♦ be the guest of ♦ being a guest ♦ distinguished guest ♦ Edgar Albert Guest ♦ Edgar Guest ♦ guest actor ♦ guest appearance ♦ guest artist ♦ guest book ♦ guest element ♦ guest harbor ♦ guest harbour ♦ guest host effect ♦ guest house ♦ guest list ♦ guest mineral ♦ guest night ♦ guest of honor ♦ guest of honour ♦ guest performance ♦ guest role ♦ guest room ♦ Guest rope ♦ guest speech ♦ guest star ♦ guest towel ♦ guest warp ♦ guest warp boom ♦ guest worker ♦ guest workers ♦ hotel guest ♦ house guest ♦ inviting guest of honour ♦ paying guest ♦ show a guest up to his room ♦ transient guest ♦ uninvited guest ♦ unwelcome guest ♦ wedding guest ♦ wood guest. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "guest": guest-artiste, guest-card, Guest-chamber, guest-chef, guest-friendship, guest-hosting, guest-house, guest-houses, guest-i, guest-lift, guest-line, guest-list, guest-offering, guest-papamanoli, guest-room, guest-rooms, guest-speaker, guest-star, guest-starring, guest-taker, guest-workers. | |
Ending with "guest": Bliss-guest, chance-guest, dinner-guest, host-guest, house-guest, wedding-guest. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
guest book | 1,503 | book guest skrylanka | 79 |
jo guest | 1,075 | edgar guest | 68 |
wedding guest book | 626 | sign my guest book | 67 |
free guest book | 600 | book gaestebuch guest | 66 |
joanne guest | 374 | guest chair | 61 |
guest | 356 | guest book script | 60 |
guest house | 331 | guest list | 55 |
guest ranch | 255 | book china enamel guest in manufacturer ware | 55 |
doubletree guest suite | 237 | gatwick guest house | 55 |
howard stern guest | 220 | wedding guest etiquette | 54 |
alexx book guest | 182 | wedding guest list | 53 |
christopher guest | 175 | starwood preffered guest | 51 |
7th guest | 160 | guest book html how to | 50 |
book guest superalexx | 145 | guest house inn | 50 |
starwood preferred guest | 142 | blackpool gay guest house | 48 |
guest map | 140 | customizable guest book | 47 |
art book fine guest tjarda | 134 | guest house plan | 45 |
blackpool guest house | 102 | php guest book | 43 |
wedding guest attire | 94 | add guest book | 41 |
book edu guest | 89 | add book comment guest | 41 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "guest"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | gas (gas). (various references) | |
Albanian | mysafir (visitor). (various references) | |
Arabic | نزيل (stranger), ضيف (visitor), مدعو, نزيل (inmate, lodger, roomer), نزل ضيفا على, زائر (caller), ضيف, النزيل (resident, tenant), الضيف (visitor), أضاف (add, add up to, affix, annex, append, host, insert, reckon, schedule, subjoin, supplement, tack, tot). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | гост (caller, visitant, visitor), посетител (caller, visitant, visitor). (various references) | |
Chinese | 客人 . (various references) | |
Czech | host (arrival, convive, diner, visitor). (various references) | |
Danish | gæst. (various references) | |
Dutch | logé, introducé, gast. (various references) | |
Esperanto | gasto. (various references) | |
Faeroese | gestur. (various references) | |
Farsi | مهمان کردن (Banquet, Invite, Treat), مهمان (Visitor), مسکن گزیدن (Bield, Inhabit, Room), خارجی (Alien, Exoteric, Exterior, External, Extraneous, Outsider, Strange), انگل (Leech, Parasite, Satellite, Sponge, Sycophant, Tagalong). (various references) | |
Finnish | vieras (alien, foreign, strange, stranger, unknown, visitor). (various references) | |
French | hôte, convive. (various references) | |
German | Gast (auditor, customer, diner, houseguest, observer, patron, sojourner, tourist, visitor). (various references) | |
Greek | καλεσμένοσ (invited), καλεσμένος, ξενιζόμενοσ, μουσαφίρησ (visitor), προσκεκλημένοσ, προσκαλεσμένοσ, φιλοξενούμενοσ (visitor), φιλοξενούμενος, φιλοξούμενος, επισκέπτησ (caller, visitor). (various references) | |
Hawaiian | mysafir. (various references) | |
Hebrew | אורח (lodger, visitor). (various references) | |
Hungarian | vendég (customer, feaster, sojourner, visitor), látogató (attendant, attendee, caller, visitant, visiting, visitor). (various references) | |
Icelandic | gestur. (various references) | |
Indonesian | tamu (comer, visitor), pengunjung (visitor). (various references) | |
Italian | ospite (host, hostess, sojourner, visitor), invitato. (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 来" (visitor, visitor's arrival). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | たいざいきゃく (visitor), おきゃくさま, おきゃくさ" (customer, visitor), きゃくぶ", きゃくじ" (caller, company, visitor), きゃく (all the more, customer, instead, on the contrary, rather), ほうきゃく (visitor), "ようのかた (customer), ゲスト , らいひ" (visitor, visitor's arrival), よっきゃく (bather), よっかく (bather). (various references) | |
Korean | 손님 (Caller). (various references) | |
Manx | ei, cuirreydagh, aoi. (various references) | |
Norwegian | gjest. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | uestgay.(various references) | |
Polish | gość. (various references) | |
Portuguese | hóspede (lodger, roomer, visitant), convidado. (various references) | |
Romanian | vizitator (caller, patron, visitor), strãin (alien, another's, extraneous, foreign, foreigner, heterogeneous, outlandish, outsider, oversea, peregrine, strange, stranger, unknown, visitor), persoanã care locuieşte la hotel, parazit (dead beat, hanger-on, leech, locust, parasite, parasitic, parasitical, pest, sponge, sponger, sycophant, toady), oaspete (visitor), musafir (passenger, visitor), invitat. (various references) | |
Russian | гость (caller, visitant, visitor). (various references) | |
Scottish | aoigh (pleasant countenance). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | gost (caller, visitor), zvanica (invitee), posetilac (caller, habitue, visitant, visitor). (various references) | |
Spanish | huésped (boarder, delegate, host, resident, roomer). (various references) | |
Sranan | f'siti, fisiti (attend, call on, see, visit). (various references) | |
Swahili | mgeni (foreigner, stranger). (various references) | |
Swedish | gäst (customer, visitor), främmande (alien, company, extraneous, foreign, foreigner, guests, outlandish, strange, stranger, unaccustomed, visitor, visitors). (various references) | |
Thai | แขก. (various references) | |
Turkish | misafir (caller, company, lodger, sojourner, visitor), mísafír, konuk sanatçı olarak rol almak, konuk (sojourner, visitor), davetli, asalak canlı. (various references) | |
Turkmen | myhman (foreigner). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | гість (caller, visitant), гостювати (visit), постоялець. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | trùng ký sinh, cây ký sinh. (various references) | |
Welsh | gwestai. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | hospes. (various references) |
| Avestan | 200-600 | airyama. (various references) |
| Old French | 900-1400 | hoste. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Luke Chapter 22, Verse 27 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | TiV gar meizwn o anakeimenoV h o diakonwn ouci o anakeimenoV egw de eimi en mesw umwn wV o diakonwn |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Nam quis maior est qui recumbit an qui ministrat nonne qui recumbit ego autem in medio vestrum sum sicut qui ministrat |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | Hwæðer ys yldra þe se þe ðenað þe se ðe sitt: witudlice se ðe sitt; Ic eom on eowrum midlene swa swa se þe ðenað; |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | For who is gretter, he that sittith at the mete, or he that mynystrith? whether not he that sittith at the mete? And Y am in the myddil of you, as he that mynystrith. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | For whether is greater he that sitteth at meate: or he that serveth? Is not he that sitteth at meate? And I am amoge you as he that ministreth. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | For whether is greater, he that sitteth at meat, or he that serveth? is not he that sitteth at meat? but I am among you as he that serveth. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | For which is greater, he that sitteth at table, or he that serveth? is not he that sitteth at table? but I am among you as he that serveth. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | For which is greater, the guest who is seated at a meal or the servant who is waiting on him? is it not the guest? but I am among you as a servant. |
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| Language | Luke Chapter 22, Verse 27 |
| Cebuano | Kay kinsa man ang labaw sa kadaku, ang nagalingkod ba tambong sa kan-anan o ang nagaalagad ba? Dili ba ang nagalingkod tambong sa kan-anan? Apan ako ania kaninyo ingon nga mag-aalagad. |
| Chinese | 是 誰 為 大 、 是 坐 席 的 呢 、 是 服 事 人 的 呢 ． 不 是 坐 席 的 大 麼 ． 然 而 我 在 們 中 " 、 如 同 服 事 人 的 。 |
| Croatian | Ta tko je veæi? Koji je za stolom ili koji poslužuje? Zar ne onaj koji je za stolom? A ja sam posred vas kao onaj koji poslužuje." |
| Danish | Thi hvem er størst: den, som sidder til Bords? eller den, som tjener? Mon ikke den, som sidder til Bords? Men jeg er iblandt eder som den, der tjener. |
| Dutch | Want wie is meerder, die aanzit, of die dient? Is het niet die aanzit? Maar Ik ben in het midden van u, als een die dient. |
| Finnish | Sillä kumpi on suurempi, sekö, joka aterioi, vai se, joka palvelee? Eikö se, joka aterioi? Mutta minä olen teidän keskellänne niinkuin se, joka palvelee. |
| French | Car quel est le plus grand, celui qui est table, ou celui qui sert? N`est-ce pas celui qui est table? Et moi, cependant, je suis au milieu de vous comme celui qui sert. |
| German | Denn welcher ist größer: Der zu Tische sitzt oder der da dient? Ist's nicht also, daß der zu Tische sitzt! Ich aber bin unter euch wie ein Diener. |
| Hungarian | Mert melyik nagyobb, az-é, a ki asztalnál ül, vagy a ki szolgál? nemde a ki asztalnál ül? De én ti köztetek olyan vagyok, mint a ki szolgál. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Siapakah yang lebih besar: orang yang duduk makan di meja, atau orang yang melayani dia? Tentu orang yang duduk itu. Tetapi Aku berada di antara kalian sebagai pelayan. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Karena siapakah yang lebih besar, orang yang duduk makankah, atau yang melayankah? Bukankah orang yang duduk makan itu? Tetapi Aku inilah ada di antara kamu seperti orang yang melayani. |
| Latvian | Jo kas ir lielâks: vai tas, kas atrodas pie galda, vai tas, kas apkalpo? Taèu tas, kas atrodas pie galda. Bet es jûsu vidû esmu kâ tâds, kas kalpo. |
| Maori | Ko wai hoki te mea nui, ko ia e noho ana ki te kai, ko te kaimahi ranei? ehara ranei i te tangata e noho ana ki te kai? tenei raia ahau i roto i a koutou te rite nei ki te kaimahi. |
| Norwegian | For hvem er størst, den som sitter til bords, eller den som tjener? Er det ikke den som sitter til bords? Men jeg er som en tjener iblandt eder. |
| Rumanian | Cqci care este mai mare: cine stq la masq, sau cine slujewte la masq? Nu cine stq la masq? Wi Eu totuw, sknt kn mijlocul vostru ca celce slujewte la masq. |
| Shuar | Enentáimsatarum. Misanam pujus yurumna nu, yurumkan ajamana nujai ¿Tuá Imiá nekas nankaamantuit? ¿Yurumna nu nekas nankaamantuchukait? Tura Wisha atumin yurumkan ajamna Núnisnak pujajai.' |
| Spanish | Porque, ¿cuál es el más importante: el que se sienta a la mesa, o el que sirve? ¿No es el que se sienta a la mesa? Sin embargo, yo estoy en medio de vosotros como el que sirve. |
| Swahili | Kwa maana, ni nani aliye mkuu: yule anayeketi mezani kula chakula, ama yule anayetumikia? Bila shaka ni yule anayeketi mezani kula chakula! Hata hivyo, mimi niko hapa kati yenu kama mtumishi. |
| Swedish | Ty vilken är större: den som ligger till bords eller den som tjänar? Är det icke den som ligger till bords? Och likväl är jag här ibland eder såsom en tjänare. -- |
| Uma | Kupekune' -koi ulu: hema to meliu kabohe pangka' -na? To mohura ngkoni' -di, ba to metonui-di? Tantu tauna to mohura. Hiaa' ohe'i-a hi laintongo' -ni hewa tauna to mpotonui-koi. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "guest": guested, guesthouse, guesthouses, guesting, guestroom, guestrooms, guests. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "guest": barguest, houseguest, nonguest, vaguest. (additional references) | |
Words containing "guest": barguests, houseguests, nonguests. (additional references) | |
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"Guest" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: gaset, geist, geost, gesith, gest, geus, geust, Gheest, ghes, giest, glest, gnust, goest, goost, goset, grest, gueft, Guelta, guent, gueps, gues, guese, gueset, guesso, gueste, guestly, guet, Guezo, guidt, guiet, guisto, guiz, gusat, Guse, gusee, gusta, Guwat, Guyatt, Nguesso, nguez, Uget, uggest, ugust. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "guest" (pronounced ge"st) |
| 4 | g e" s t | guessed. |
| 3 | -e" s t | arrest, abreast, acquiesced, addressed, assessed, attest, behest, bequest, best, blessed, blest, breast, Celeste, chest, coalesced, compressed, confessed, congest, crest, impressed, depressed, detest, digest, digressed, dispossessed, distressed, divest, dressed, expressed, fessed, finessed, gest, infest, ingest, invest, jest, lest, messed, molest, nest, northwest, obsessed, oppressed, pest, possessed, pressed, Prest, professed, progressed, quest, rearrest, reassessed, recessed, reinvest, repossessed, repressed, request, rest, retest, southwest, stressed, suggest, suppressed, test, transgressed, unaddressed, undressed, unimpressed, unrest, vest, West, wrest, zest. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-g-s-t-u" | |
-1 letter: gest, gets, gust, guts, suet, tegs, tugs. | |
-2 letters: get, gut, seg, set, sue, teg, tug, use, uts. | |
-3 letters: es, et, us, ut. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-g-s-t-u" | |
+1 letter: degust, getups, guests, gusset, gusted, hugest, teguas, togues. | |
+2 letters: augites, baguets, budgets, degusts, engluts, gateaus, gesture, gluiest, glutens, gluteus, guested, guglets, gullets, gunites, gurnets, gussets, gustier, gustoes, gutless, gutsier, gutters, guttles, nuggets, nutmegs, outages, outbegs, outgoes, scutage, suggest, tongues, trudges, tuggers, tugless, ugliest, upstage, vaguest. | |
+3 letters: agouties, augments, auguster, barguest, besought, buggiest, bulgiest, cuttages, degusted, druggets, dungiest, eugenist, eulogist, fatigues, foreguts, fuggiest, gauchest, gaudiest, gauntest, gauziest, gestural, gestured, gesturer, gestures, gluepots, glummest, gourmets, goutiest, grouters, gruffest, grummest, grummets, grunters, gruntles, grutches, guesting, gulfiest, gulpiest, gummiest, gummites, gumtrees, gurglets, gushiest, gusseted, gustable, gustiest, gustless, gutsiest, guttiest, guttlers, languets, muggiest, mutagens, nonguest, nutsedge, outgives, outguess, outrages, pudgiest, puggiest, questing, resought, restrung, roughest, sauteing, scutages, slugfest, smuggest, snuggest, stageful, struggle, stumpage, sturgeon, subagent, substage, suggests, thuggees, toughens, toughest, toughies, trudgens, trudgers, tungsten, tunnages, turgites, unguents, unitages, upstaged, upstages, vuggiest, vulgates, youngest. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Quotations: Familiar | 9. Quotations: Fiction 10. Quotations: Non-fiction 11. Quotations: Spoken 12. Quotations: Speeches | 13. Usage Frequency 14. Names: Frequency 15. Names: Company Usage 16. Expressions | 17. Expressions: Internet 18. Translations: Modern 19. Translations: Ancient 20. Bible Trace | 21. Derivations 22. Rhymes 23. Anagrams 24. Bibliography |
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