3 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
explorer
noun: someone who travels into little known regions (especially
for some scientific purpose) [syn: {adventurer}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Explorer \Ex*plor"er\, noun
One who explores; also, an apparatus with which one explores,
as a diving bell.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
75 Moby Thesaurus words for "explorer":
adventurer, alpinist, ancestor, announcer, antecedent, astronaut,
avant-garde, bellwether, buccinator, bushwhacker, camper, climber,
comers and goers, commuter, cosmopolite, cruiser, excursionist,
fare, forebear, foregoer, forerunner, front runner, frontiersman,
fugleman, globe-girdler, globe-trotter, goer, groundbreaker, guide,
hajji, harbinger, herald, innovator, jet set, jet-setter,
journeyer, lead runner, leader, mariner, messenger, mountaineer,
palmer, passenger, passerby, pathfinder, pilgrim, pioneer, point,
precedent, precursor, predecessor, rubberneck, rubbernecker,
sailor, scout, sightseer, stormy petrel, straphanger, tourer,
tourist, trailblazer, trailbreaker, transient, traveler, trekker,
tripper, vanguard, vaunt-courier, viator, visiting fireman,
voortrekker, voyager, voyageur, wayfarer, world-traveler
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