Entry Word: excursion

Function: noun

Meaning: 1 a short trip for pleasure <our weekend excursions have been to all parts of our home state>

Synonyms jaunt, junket, outing, sally

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

2 a departure from the subject under consideration <the professorʼs frequent excursions in his lectures are the stuff of campus legend> — see tangent