sightseeing

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sightseeing

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From sight + seeing.

noun sightseeings · sight-seeing

  1. uncountable, usually The activity of going out looking at things; tourism. Sightseeing is a frequent reason to visit San Francisco.

verb sight-seeing

  1. gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of sightsee

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: rubber-necking, tourism, touristic, tourist, tour, travel, excursion, travelling, outing, trip, visit, hiking, stroll, passenger, ride, cruise

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noun tourism

Españolturismo, excursionismo
한국어관광 gwan'gwang, 구경 gugyeong, 유람 yuram
日本語観光 kankō, 見物 kenbutsu, サイトシーイング saitoshīingu
中文觀光 /观光 guānguāng, 遊覽 /游览 yóulǎn
Françaistourisme
DeutschSightseeing, Tourismus, Besichtigen n von Sehenswürdigkeiten, Besichtigung f von Sehenswürdigkeiten
Italianogiro turistico
Русскийосмо́тр достопримеча́тельностей osmótr dostoprimečátelʹnostej
العربيةزِيَارَة مَعَالِم اَلْمَدِينَة ziyārat maʕālim al-madīna, سِيَاحَة siyāḥa

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@misc{sightseeing_2026,
  title = {sightseeing},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sightseeing},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}