explorer

Noun

Meaning

One who explores; also, an apparatus with which one explores, as a diving bell.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

adventurer scout inquisitor emmet inquirer pathfinder voyager vanguard pilgrim colonist mountaineer prospector outrider wayfarer scientist

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Antonyms

national loafer local idler native observer

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Hypernyms

individual person soul mortal somebody someone

Hyponyms

navigator diver spelunker frogman speleologist conquistador

Related terms

exploration exploratory explorative

Phrases with the word

european explorer explorer ridge ski explorer woman explorer polar explorer earliest explorer

Examples

The criminal, like the artist, is a social explorer. Marshall McLuhan

No visiting angel, or explorer from another planet, could have guessed that this bland orb [Earth] teemed with vermin, with world-mastering, self-torturing, incipiently angelic beasts. Olaf Stapledon

I was born to be an explorer. There never was any decision to make. I coudn't be anything else and be happy, the desire to see new places, to discover new facts- the curiosity of life always has been a resistless driving force to me. Roy Chapman Andrews

I am not a glutton I am an explorer of food. Erma Bombeck

I love being a very personal singer-songwriter, but I also like being a scientist or explorer. Björk

When the explorer is ready, the guide will appear. Himalayan Proverb

Close letter words and terms

explore the unknown explore with explorement explorer compass explorer ridge Explorer Scout