guest of the day

Meanings

1. 1nouncountable

   A person chosen by a hotel, restaurant, or event as the special honoree for that day.

   Grammar: Used with "the" or "a"; the plural is "guests of the day": two guests of the day were announced.

   Patterns

   • be named guest of the day
   • the guest of the day receives something

   The hotel named her guest of the day and upgraded her room for free.

   As guest of the day, he got a free dessert and a photo with the chef.

   Every morning the staff pick a guest of the day from the comment cards.

2. 2nouncountable

   A featured visitor on a radio, TV, or online show for one day's program.

   Grammar: Often follows "be" or "as": she was guest of the day on the morning show.

   Patterns

   • guest of the day on a show
   • be guest of the day

   The local author was guest of the day on the breakfast radio program.

   Listeners voted for the guest of the day on the station's website.

Word forms

Common combinations

be named guest of the day

She was named guest of the day after her hundredth visit.

guest of the day award

The guest of the day award includes a spa voucher.

honor someone as guest of the day

The manager honored him as guest of the day at the anniversary dinner.

guest of the day program

The resort runs a guest of the day program during the summer.

Synonyms and how they differ

guest of honor

Use this for the most important invited person at a whole event, not for a daily title chosen by a business.

visitor of the day

A looser, less common phrase; it lacks the special-treatment idea of "guest of the day."

Word family

guest noun

A person invited to or staying at a place.

guesthouse noun

A small hotel or private home that takes paying guests.

Commonly confused: guest of the day or guest of honor?

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