sightseeing

Examples

• All

• Late in the afternoon, we would go on a sightseeing tour of Katmai National Park before flying back to Kodiak.

  Academic text (2001)

• We spent the entire afternoon sightseeing in the beautiful city of Paris.

• For now, I guess all I can do is sightseeing and eat good food.

• So, you going to do any more sightseeing on the rest of your trip?

  The Guilt Trip (2012)

• Sometimes we need to take a break from the sightseeing and cultural side of life.

  Blog text (7)

• We have a couple of fun adventures sightseeing in our own land with the parents.

• When you get to Hong Kong, check in, get some sleep, and do some sightseeing.

  Fiction book (1994)

• I was down in Washington for a museum educator's conference, and I stayed an extra day to do some sightseeing.

  Election (1999)

• One weekend, we were returning from a sightseeing trip to the remote fortress and church of Amberd.

  Fiction book (1996)

• Instead of worrying about my first marching competition, I found myself exploring castles and sightseeing in Edinburgh.

  Academic text (1994)

Synonyms

T

tour

vssightseeing

819 1.0

A trip visiting several places and returning to the start, usually for work or pleasure

is a broader leisure activity of going to places without fixed route

V

visiting

vssightseeing

2 1.0

Going to see people or places for a short time

is focused on going to places of interest during travel not general social calls

R

rubber-necking

vssightseeing

• Informal

7.5

Looking at sights while travelling, often as a tourist

is a relaxed hobby of going to interesting places without rude staring

How Extensive

tour

819 1.0

sightseeing

33 1.1

excursion

43 3.6

flying visit

• UK

1 3.5

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology