Synonyms of travel

travel 1 of 2

verb

ˈtra-vəl 

1

as in to trek

to take a trip especially of some distance

the couple loves to travel and has been to 34 countries

Synonyms & Similar Words

• trek
• journey
• trip
• tour
• voyage
• wander
• roam
• pilgrimage
• sail
• migrate
• fly
• ride
• cruise
• peregrinate
• drive
• road-trip
• bus
• hop
• rove
• jaunt
• cab
• knock (about)
• motor
• traipse
• navigate
• jet
• coach
• ramble
• gallivant
• perambulate
• gig
• roll
• trundle
• barnstorm

2

as in to traverse

to make one's way through, across, or over

will travel the river for a while and then continue on land

Synonyms & Similar Words

• traverse
• cross
• follow
• walk
• navigate
• transit
• cover
• track
• course
• pass (over)
• cut (across)
• ride
• go
• proceed (along)
• hike
• peregrinate
• perambulate
• tread
• traipse
• run
• tramp
• crisscross

3

as in to fly

to proceed or move quickly

that racehorse can definitely travel

Synonyms & Similar Words

• fly
• speed
• race
• drive
• hurry
• rush
• scurry
• trot
• chase
• zip
• run
• jump
• scoot
• blow
• buzz
• dart
• career
• step
• shoot
• blast
• zoom
• scuttle
• dash
• motor
• rip
• jet
• tear
• course
• jog
• breeze
• hustle
• rocket
• bowl
• bolt
• whirl
• whisk
• hasten
• hurl
• belt
• crack (on)
• ram
• beat it
• bundle
• hare
• hie
• hurtle
• get a move on
• hump
• barrel
• careen
• blaze
• bustle
• nip
• step on it
• rustle
• make tracks
• gallop
• pelt
• bomb
• highball
• shake a leg
• flit
• cannonball
• hotfoot (it)
• accelerate
• streak
• scamper
• sprint
• beetle
• whiz
• stampede
• overtake
• step out
• outrun
• catch up
• quicken
• scuffle
• outpace
• outstrip
• scud
• arrow
• fast-forward
• beeline

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• crawl
• creep
• drag
• hang (around or out)
• poke
• linger
• lag
• poke
• loiter
• stroll
• dawdle
• tarry
• shuffle
• saunter
• amble
• lumber
• slow (down or up)
• decelerate
• dillydally
• plod
• dally

4

as in to associate

to come or be together as friends

he traveled with a fast crowd when he was in college

Synonyms & Similar Words

• associate
• run
• connect
• collaborate
• bond
• join
• mix
• company
• relate
• mingle
• hang (around or out)
• befriend
• sort
• cooperate
• fraternize
• friend
• take up with
• hook up
• consort
• keep company (with)
• rub shoulders (with)
• fall in with
• pal (around)
• club
• couple
• team
• rally
• consociate
• hobnob
• get along
• group
• rub elbows (with)
• socialize
• tie
• mess around
• league
• affiliate
• get on
• chum
• band
• side
• link
• be friends with
• attach
• ally
• wed
• knot
• gang
• collude
• interrelate
• confederate
• conjoin

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• avoid
• shun
• snub
• split (up)
• alienate
• disperse
• split
• break up
• divorce
• disband
• cold-shoulder
• dissociate
• sever
• estrange
• sunder
• disunite
• disjoin

travel

2 of 2

noun

as in trip

often travels plural a going from one place to another usually of some distance

in all his travels he never met pleasanter people than he had in that village

Synonyms & Similar Words

• trip
• journey
• expedition
• tour
• trek
• cruise
• flight
• progress
• voyage
• walk
• drive
• ride
• passage
• sail
• commute
• peregrination
• errand
• excursion
• commutation
• pilgrimage
• odyssey
• quest
• jaunt
• outing
• hop
• sortie
• junket
• sally
• spin
• hike
• safari
• grand tour
• tramp
• walkabout
• slog

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of travel

Verb

Dyed diesel is intended for off-road use, such as powering tractors and harvesters, while regular diesel is used in vehicles that travel on public roads, including trucks hauling agricultural goods. — Lizzie Kane, Sacbee.com, 30 Oct. 2026

The key alteration is that Cage’s cop character travels to an island dominated by a society of women. — Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 30 Oct. 2026

Noun

And after Napoleon’s Nile Campaign reignited Egyptomania in the early 19th century, British tour operator Thomas Cook and Son, as it was known then, launched modern travel to the region with Nile River cruises that began in 1869. — Susan B. Barnes, Travel + Leisure, 29 Oct. 2026

The full moon in Gemini on November 24 could show up for you as a peak romantic experience of some kind, and Venus’ direct station could pave the way for some sort of travel affair, or a relationship with someone from a different culture. — Steph Koyfman, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Oct. 2026