explorer
/ɛkˈsplɔːrə
/noun
A person who explores a new or unfamiliar area: a polar explorer...
- He was, as it turned out, not far off the mark and so must have gathered information from early travellers and unsung explorers.
- The early European navigators and explorers mostly undertook their voyages at the behest of kings in search of wealth.
- Travelling further than any explorers had done before, they paid the price when the ship became trapped in ice.
Synonyms
traveller, discoverer, voyager, rambler, globetrotter, rover;
tourer, surveyor, scout, reconnoitrer, prospector;
adventurer, pioneer
informal gallivanter
Rhymes
- word-final
- word-finally
- wordfinder
- word-flowing
- word form
- word-formation
- word-formational
- word-formative
- word for word
- word frequency
- word game
- word-geographical
- word geography
- word gets (or goes) around
- word group
- word-grubber
- wordhoard
- wordie
- wordily
- word index
- wordiness
- wording
- word-initial
- word-initially
- word-internally