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travel

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of travel

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 of travel

expedition, journey, passage, peregrination, trek, trip

Words Related to travel

commutation, commute, errand, excursion, flight, hop, jaunt, junket, outing, sally, sortie, tour

cruise, sail, voyage

drive, ride, spin

grand tour, odyssey, pilgrimage, progress, quest, safari

hike, slog, tramp, walk, walkabout

travel

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of travel

1 to take a trip especially of some distance

the couple loves to travel and has been to 34 countries

Synonyms of travel

journey, peregrinate, pilgrimage, tour, trek, trip, voyage

Words Related to travel

gallivant (also galavant), hop, jaunt, knock (about), perambulate, ramble, roam, rove, traipse, wander

migrate, road-trip

bus, cab, coach, cruise, drive, fly, gig, jet, motor, navigate, ride, roll, sail, trundle

barnstorm

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

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

Synonyms of travel

course, cover, cross, cut (across), follow, go, navigate, pass (over), perambulate, peregrinate, proceed (along), track, transit, traverse

Words Related to travel

hike, traipse, tramp, tread, walk

ride, run

crisscross

3 to proceed or move quickly

that racehorse can definitely travel

Synonyms of travel

barrel, belt, blast, blaze, blow, bolt, bomb [slang], bowl, breeze, bundle, bustle, buzz, cannonball, careen, career, chase, course, crack (on), dash, drive, fly, hare, hasten, hie, highball, hotfoot (it), hump, hurl, hurry, hurtle, hustle, jet, jump, motor, nip, pelt, race, ram, rip, rocket, run, rush, rustle, scoot, scurry, scuttle, shoot, speed, step, tear, trot, whirl, whisk, zip, zoom

Words Related to travel

beetle, dart, flit, scamper, scud, scuffle

stampede, streak, whiz (or whizz)

gallop, jog, sprint

accelerate, quicken, step out

catch up, fast-forward, outpace, outrun, outstrip, overtake

arrow, beeline

Phrases Synonymous with travel

beat it, get a move on, make tracks, shake a leg, step on it

Near Antonyms of travel

dally, dawdle, dillydally, drag, hang (around or out), lag, linger, loiter, poke, tarry

amble, lumber, plod, saunter, shuffle, stroll

decelerate, slow (down or up)

Antonyms of travel

crawl, creep, poke

4 to come or be together as friends

he traveled with a fast crowd when he was in college

Synonyms of travel

associate, chum, company, consociate, consort, fraternize, hang (around or out), hobnob, hook up, mess around, pal (around), run, sort

Words Related to travel

affiliate, ally, attach, band, bond, club, collaborate, collude, confederate, conjoin, connect, cooperate, couple, gang, get along, get on, group, interrelate, join, knot, league, link, mingle, mix, rally, relate, side, socialize, team, tie, wed

befriend, friend

Phrases Synonymous with travel

be friends with, fall in with, keep company (with), rub elbows (with) or rub shoulders (with) , take up with

Near Antonyms of travel

avoid, cold-shoulder, shun, snub

alienate, estrange

break up, disband, disperse, split (up)

disjoin, dissociate, disunite, divorce, sever, split, sunder

traveling

verb , present participle of travel

variants: or travelling

Synonyms and Antonyms of traveling

1 to take a trip especially of some distance

the couple loves to travel and has been to 34 countries

Synonyms of traveling

journeying, peregrinating, pilgrimaging, touring, trekking, tripping, voyaging

Words Related to traveling

gallivanting (also galavanting), hopping, jaunting, knocking (about), perambulating, rambling, roaming, roving, traipsing, wandering

migrating, road-tripping

busing (also bussing), cabbing, coaching, cruising, driving, flying, gigging, jetting, motoring, navigating, riding, rolling, sailing, trundling

barnstorming

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

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

Synonyms of traveling

coursing, covering, crossing, cutting (across), following, going, navigating, passing (over), perambulating, peregrinating, proceeding (along), tracking, transiting, traversing

Words Related to traveling

hiking, traipsing, tramping, treading, walking

riding, running

crisscrossing

3 to proceed or move quickly

that racehorse can definitely travel

Synonyms of traveling

barreling (or barrelling), belting, blasting, blazing, blowing, bolting, bombing [slang], bowling, breezing, bundling, bustling, buzzing, cannonballing, careening, careering, chasing, coursing, cracking (on), dashing, driving, flying, haring, hastening, highballing, hotfooting (it), humping, hurling, hurrying, hurtling, hustling, hying (or hieing), jetting, jumping, motoring, nipping, pelting, racing, ramming, ripping, rocketing, running, rushing, rustling, scooting, scurrying, scuttling, shooting, speeding, stepping, tearing, trotting, whirling, whisking, zipping, zooming

Words Related to traveling

beetling, darting, flitting, scampering, scudding, scuffling

stampeding, streaking, whizzing

galloping, jogging, sprinting

accelerating, quickening, stepping out

catching up, fast-forwarding, outpacing, outrunning, outstripping, overtaking

arrowing, beelining

Phrases Synonymous with traveling

beating it, getting a move on, making tracks, shaking a leg, stepping on it

Near Antonyms of traveling

dallying, dawdling, dillydallying, dragging, hanging (around or out), lagging, lingering, loitering, poking, tarrying

ambling, lumbering, plodding, sauntering, shuffling, strolling

decelerating, slowing (down or up)

Antonyms of traveling

crawling, creeping, poking

4 to come or be together as friends

he traveled with a fast crowd when he was in college

Synonyms of traveling

associating, chumming, companying, consociating, consorting, fraternizing, hanging (around or out), hobnobbing, hooking up, messing around, palling (around), running, sorting

Words Related to traveling

affiliating, allying, attaching, banding, bonding, clubbing, collaborating, colluding, confederating, conjoining, connecting, cooperating, coupling, ganging, getting along, getting on, grouping, interrelating, joining, knotting, leaguing, linking, mingling, mixing, rallying, relating, siding, socializing, teaming, tying (or tieing), wedding

befriending, friending

Phrases Synonymous with traveling

being friends with, falling in with, keeping company (with), rubbing elbows (with) or rubbing shoulders (with) , taking up with

Near Antonyms of traveling

avoiding, cold-shouldering, shunning, snubbing

alienating, estranging

breaking up, disbanding, dispersing, splitting (up)

disjoining, dissociating, disuniting, divorcing, severing, splitting, sundering

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