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

Once construction is complete, the plan is to run two round trips per day. — Daniel C. Vock, Chicago Tribune, 11 Sep. 2026

Playing at Ipswich and Portsmouth in the previous two seasons each involved four-hour round trips to training and matches. — Katie Whyatt, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2026

Technically, the stock has made a round trip erasing all of its 2026 gains. — Jay Woods, CNBC, 10 Sep. 2026

But fall visitors can hike the park’s Borrego Palm Canyon Trail (3 miles round trip) or the narrow canyon known as The Slot. — Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 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