Thesaurus results for FIELD TRIP

field trip

noun

as in excursion

a trip to a place (such as a museum or zoo) that is made by students to learn about something We took a class field trip to the power plant.

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Recent Examples of field trip Two students are dead after their school bus crashed during a field trip in Tennessee on Friday, authorities said. —

Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 27 Mar. 2026 The school bus was carrying students and employees from Kenwood Middle School in Clarksville for a field trip to Jackson, Tennessee, the Clarksville-Montgomery County School System said in a statement. —

Dallas Morning News, 27 Mar. 2026 The community is welcome to volunteer, shelter officials said, and can plan field trips to local parks (not dog parks for safety), for hikes or to just wander and window shop. —

Heather McRea, Oc Register, 27 Mar. 2026 In one of the main plot lines of the episode, Teddy joined Owen (with Simone and rookie intern Dani tagging along) for a surgical field trip to a rural hospital. —

Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 26 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for field trip

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excursion

Noun

One person handles the hotel, another takes on excursions, another manages dining.

— Lauren Schuster, Charlotte Observer, 30 Mar. 2026
Remington was from New York and remained an Easterner his whole life, except for his excursions in the West.

— Ray Mark Rinaldi, Denver Post, 30 Mar. 2026