Synonyms of sally

sally 1 of 2

noun

ˈsa-lē 

1

as in excursion

a short trip for pleasure

a morning sally out to see the historic monuments around the city

Synonyms & Similar Words

• excursion
• sortie
• tour
• jaunt
• outing
• travel(s)
• ramble
• expedition
• walk
• junket
• journey
• odyssey
• sashay
• voyage
• spin
• detour
• hike
• trek
• safari
• pilgrimage
• peregrination
• circuit

2

as in laugh

something said or done to cause laughter

the final sally made her laugh, and that ended the argument

Synonyms & Similar Words

• laugh
• joke
• joking
• josh
• giggle
• jape
• gag
• witticism
• quip
• wisecrack
• boff
• drollery
• one-liner
• rib
• pleasantry
• funny
• jest
• waggery
• scream
• yuk
• crack
• nifty
• prank
• riot
• practical joke
• boffola
• parody
• trick
• funning
• caper
• comedy
• wisecracking
• antic
• raillery
• panic
• humorousness
• kidding
• buffoonery
• riff
• burlesque
• banter
• mock
• humor
• repartee
• leg-pull
• persiflage
• lampoon
• caricature
• mockery
• wit
• facetiousness
• wordplay
• funniness
• thigh-slapper
• monkeyshine(s)
• put-on
• drollness
• hilariousness
• knee-slapper

sally

2 of 2

verb

as in to jump

Related Words

• jump
• tackle
• trap
• pounce (on)
• capture
• attack
• charge
• assault
• snare
• ensnare
• assail
• entrap
• net
• mug
• storm
• hunt
• stalk
• prey (on or upon)
• waylay
• strike
• mousetrap
• ambush
• surprise
• ambuscade

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of sally

Noun

The Uber initiative is the latest sally in a long war pitting plaintiffs and their lawyers against businesses, with legal fees as the battleground. — Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2026

Prices of stocks and bonds, along with long-term interest rates, have oscillated up and down in response to the daily verbal sallies from the White House. — Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 27 Apr. 2025

The close relationship between Abe and Hudson really got under way after his first disastrous sally as prime minister in 2006–7, when everyone in Japan thought his political career was over. — Arthur Herman, National Review, 8 July 2022

Both nominees would be vital to Democrats push to revive Net neutrality, the latest sally in a decades-long battle over whether all Internet traffic should be treated equally by providers. — BostonGlobe.com, 26 Oct. 2021

And consider compromise that can bring most everyone to the table in agreement, rather than insisting on a quixotic sally into a windmill that might flip a body into the air and leave it to fall. — Erik Sherman, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2021

Most recently, the Kremlin has settled on a strategy that involves legal sallies against international digital companies—including Apple, Facebook, Google, and Twitter. — Andrei Soldatov, Foreign Affairs, 3 Nov. 2015

Verb

That may last for a while as buyers who weren’t able to purchase an apartment during the depths of the pandemic restrictions finally sally forth. — Jacky Wong, WSJ, 20 June 2022

In 2018, for instance, an American aircraft-carrier sallied into the Arctic Circle for the first time in 30 years, during a huge exercise in Norway. — The Economist, 16 May 2020

From the school, convoys sallied forth every morning toward the half-dozen sawmills that lay beyond town, hidden behind high plank walls. — Felipe Fittipaldi, National Geographic, 28 Aug. 2019

Cleander, who commanded the Praetorian Guards, ordered a body of cavalry to sally forth and disperse the seditious multitude. — Kevin D. Williamson, National Review, 6 June 2019

So many people going to the game or other festivities surrounding the game are waiting for temperatures to safely rise above freezing levels before sallying out. — Ed Kilgore, Daily Intelligencer, 8 Jan. 2018

Phrases Containing sally

• sally (forth)