Thesaurus results for JAUNTS

jaunts 1 of 2

noun

plural of jaunt

as in excursions

a short trip for pleasure took a leisurely jaunt up to the mountains for the day

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jaunts

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of jaunt

as in trips

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Noun

The signal’s efficacy also fades over time, meaning that a single long outing to the zoo or park may be less beneficial than multiple outdoor jaunts of at least 30 minutes each. — Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2026 Activities include kayaking, biking, and jaunts with a fantastic resident naturalist. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Nov. 2026 The Asics Gel-SlowCush prioritizes comfort while being recommended for recovery runs, low-intensity training or merely chill jaunts. — Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 18 Sep. 2026 But the 408-foot-tall (124-meter-tall) vehicle's first 13 jaunts were all suborbital, so Flight 14 will be a landmark. — Mike Wall, Space.com, 15 Sep. 2026 In the past, this has mostly looked like weekend jaunts to the Emerald Coast with a caravan of cars traveling down I-65 from Birmingham. — Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 4 Sep. 2026 Some of his admirers gathered at the Indiana Dunes State Park Friday for the hike, including his widow Susan Seman, who because of her ailments normally couldn’t go on her husband’s jaunts. — Jim Woods, Chicago Tribune, 26 July 2026 The money is enough to fund Starbucks runs and bowling outings and occasional jaunts to the Hamptons with friends. — Erika Janes, Curbed, 17 July 2026 The others are four-game jaunts in late March and early April. — Scott Powers, New York Times, 16 July 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for jaunts

Noun

Here is a very small slice of his decades-long legacy, from raw electro-funk bombs to playful party techno to foggy dub excursions.

— Gabriel Szatan, Pitchfork, 2 Nov. 2026
Her passion for marine life began during childhood trips to South Florida beaches, boating excursions with her father and visits to local aquariums.

— CBS News, CBS News, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of excursions

Verb

Off property but on land, the hotel can help arrange zip-lining, an aerial tram ride, trips into town with stops at museums or for shopping and meals, and more.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Nov. 2026
This effectively reduces the Platinum status requirement to 130,000 TQPs and makes earning unlimited Companion Pass trips a bit easier.

— Jason Stauffer, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of trips

Noun

His travels in Juli, La Paz, and Lima, as well as numerous visits to Cusco, positioned him as an influence on painters throughout the Andes.

— Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 9 Nov. 2026
Convinced by the gesture, Dench went on to play Aereon in the 2004 film, the elemental ambassador who guides Riddick (Diesel) through his tumultuous travels to rescue his old allies and confront the head of the Necromonger empire.

— Isabelle Farina, Variety, 8 Nov. 2026

Definition of travels

Verb

After the game, the inspector roams the locker rooms, checking to make sure that no non-partner logos can be seen by reporters, fans or television cameras — and then writes a summary of each game for the league.

— Jon Root OutKick, FOXNews.com, 1 Nov. 2026
When the Farmer destroys the flock’s beloved pumpkin patch, Shaun turns mad scientist to fix the problem, only for events to spiral out of control as a wild beast roams the woods of Mossingham.

— Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 20 Sep. 2026

Definition of roams

Noun

Universal also offers holiday tours and a character breakfast with the Grinch, both of which are separately ticketed.

— Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 Nov. 2026
Mandy Muir Mandy Muir is a senior Murumburr custodian and Kakadu National Park’s longest-serving guide, leading tours on Yellow Water Billabong and at the Burrungkuy rock art site in the Northern Territory.

— Liam Freeman, Vogue, 11 Nov. 2026

Definition of tours

Verb

Carlos Manuel Vesga submitted the Pluribus episode where Manousos treks up through South America while accepting no help from the hive members, a showcase of defiant pride and a good bit of physically demanding work.

— Joe Reid, Vulture, 8 Aug. 2026
The jukebox musical is built from Keys’ catalogue of R&B and soul hits, a semi-autobiographical story that treks through her Manhattan upbringing.

— David John Chávez, Mercury News, 4 May 2026

Definition of treks

Verb

Some oil shipments diverted around Africa face journeys up to a month longer.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 Nov. 2026
Named after the Italian poet whose Divine Comedy journeys through Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise, the fall 1996 collection explored the intersection of religion, warfare, and historical mourning traditions.

— Livia Caligor, Vogue, 27 Oct. 2026

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