excursion

excursion

noun

Definition of EXCURSION

1

a short trip for pleasure <our weekend excursions have encompassed virtually all parts of our home state>

Synonyms jaunt, junket, outing, ramble, sally, sashay, sortie, spin

Related Words journey, travel(s), voyage; circuit, tour; expedition, odyssey, safari; detour; hike, peregrination, trek, walk; pilgrimage

2

a departure from the subject under consideration <the professor's frequent and sometimes far-ranging excursions in his lectures are the stuff of campus legend>

Synonyms aside, digression, divagation, excursion

Related Words excursus, parenthesis; rambling; circuitousness, circularity, circumlocution, diffuseness, prolixity, verbosity, windiness, wordiness