round trip

noun

variants or less commonly roundtrip

ˈrau̇n(d)-ˌtrip 

or round-trip

plural round trips also roundtrips or round-trips

often attributive

: a trip to a place and back usually over the same route

It's a 25 mile round trip to work.

an hour-long round trip by boat

The lowest fare for the round trip is $1,694.18 including taxes and fees …

—Helen Anders and James Barragan

round-trip adjective

or less commonly roundtrip

round-trip fares

round-trip travel

With 50,000 miles accumulated, one can qualify for a free roundtrip ticket to Europe and back.

—David E. Rosenbaum

round trip adverb

or round-trip or roundtrip

Consider the cost of flying round-trip for a three-day weekend to Los Angeles …

—Michael Fumento

Examples of round trip in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The train doesn’t make sightseeing stops before turning around at the summit, but the route packs in a remarkable number of landmarks over its roughly 40-mile round trip. — Bailey Berg, Travel + Leisure, 16 Aug. 2026

Seoul's round trip Away from the war, Asia's chip trade has just done something remarkable and slightly unnerving. — Anniek Bao, CNBC, 14 Aug. 2026

But flying round trip between those two African capitals would often cost more than a thousand dollars and require multiple layovers. — Editorial Board, Washington Post, 8 Aug. 2026

On June 28, the plane flew from the Kansas City area to Santa Rosa, California, and back within 12 hours — a roughly 3,000-mile round trip. — Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 31 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1837, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for round trip

• airship
• airstrip
• clerkship
• courtship
• equip
• filmstrip
• flagship
• headship
• heirship
• judgeship
• kinship
• lightship