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

Tri-Rail management has said a strong state subsidy remains critical for regional travelers who use the rail line to ride to South Florida airports, commute to and from schools and jobs, and take round trips to leisure events. — David Lyons, Sun Sentinel, 26 June 2026

The supervisors unanimously approved a lease in May allowing American to add two more daily round trips from Carlsbad to Phoenix in the 76-seat Embraer 175 jets that have been operating out of Palomar since February 2025. — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 June 2026

The five-hour boat trip ($15 per person round trip) is operated by Bill Zup and originates at Crane Lake. — Hank Bradshaw, Outdoor Life, 24 June 2026

Money earned selling chips abroad is leaving again to buy Nvidia, Microsoft and the rest, and each round trip sells won and buys dollars. — Dara-Abasi Ita, Forbes.com, 20 June 2026

Getting there required a short train ride to Pollokshaws West, about 10 minutes from Glasgow Central for £3 round trip (about $4). — Zach Wichter, USA Today, 14 June 2026

Typically on papal trips, the Italian national carrier ITA Airways brings the pope to his destination and that country’s national carrier brings him home, with ITA sometimes doing the round trip if the voyage is particularly long or to a place that doesn’t have the capacity. — ABC News, 12 June 2026

That would account for the distance of more than 200 round trip journeys to the moon — which NASA says sits an average of 238,855 miles (nearly 384,400 kilometers) away from Earth. — Wyatte Grantham-Philips, Fortune, 12 June 2026

That’s more than 16 hours worth of driving the hour and half round trip — all during one weekend in June for USA Dance’s Kansas City Dance Classic. — Sophie Lindberg, Kansas City Star, 9 June 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