Synonyms of travels

travels 1 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of travel

1

as in journeys

to take a trip especially of some distance

the couple loves to travel and has been to 34 countries

Synonyms & Similar Words

• journeys
• treks
• trips
• tours
• voyages
• wanders
• roams
• migrates
• pilgrimages
• sails
• flies
• rides
• cruises
• road-trips
• peregrinates
• roves
• hops
• drives
• rambles
• knocks (about)
• jaunts
• buses
• traipses
• gallivants
• coaches
• navigates
• motors
• jets
• trundles
• cabs
• perambulates
• gigs
• rolls
• barnstorms

2

as in traverses

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

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• traverses
• follows
• crosses
• walks
• navigates
• covers
• tracks
• courses
• passes (over)
• rides
• proceeds (along)
• cuts (across)
• goes
• transits
• hikes
• peregrinates
• perambulates
• treads
• traipses
• runs
• crisscrosses
• tramps

3

as in speeds

to proceed or move quickly

that racehorse can definitely travel

Synonyms & Similar Words

• speeds
• races
• drives
• hurries
• rushes
• scurries
• flies
• trots
• chases
• zips
• runs
• jumps
• buzzes
• blows
• scoots
• jogs
• darts
• shoots
• zooms
• scuttles
• steps
• tears
• bowls
• blasts
• dashes
• hustles
• rips
• whirls
• whisks
• careers
• courses
• hurls
• hastens
• hurtles
• barrels
• motors
• hies
• blazes
• rams
• breezes
• bustles
• rustles
• jets
• bolts
• cracks (on)
• careens
• belts
• beats it
• steps on it
• rockets
• bundles
• humps
• nips
• pelts
• hares
• makes tracks
• gallops
• bombs
• flits
• cannonballs
• shakes a leg
• gets a move on
• scampers
• hotfoots (it)
• accelerates
• highballs
• sprints
• whizzes
• beetles
• streaks
• stampedes
• overtakes
• quickens
• outruns
• steps out
• scuffles
• outpaces
• outstrips
• scuds
• arrows
• catches up
• beelines
• fast-forwards

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• crawls
• drags
• pokes
• lingers
• creeps
• lags
• hangs (around or out)
• pokes
• loiters
• strolls
• dawdles
• ambles
• saunters
• tarries
• shuffles
• dallies
• plods
• slows (down or up)
• decelerates
• lumbers
• dillydallies

4

as in associates

to come or be together as friends

he traveled with a fast crowd when he was in college

Synonyms & Similar Words

• associates
• runs
• connects
• collaborates
• joins
• mixes
• bonds
• relates
• mingles
• sorts
• befriends
• companies
• friends
• chums
• fraternizes
• hooks up
• cooperates
• hangs (around or out)
• rubs shoulders (with)
• consorts
• rallies
• falls in with
• teams
• takes up with
• pals (around)
• allies
• keeps company (with)
• hobnobs
• rubs elbows (with)
• groups
• consociates
• ties
• clubs
• sides
• couples
• links
• socializes
• messes around
• attaches
• gets along
• affiliates
• gets on
• gangs
• bands
• interrelates
• colludes
• weds
• is friends with
• knots
• leagues
• conjoins
• confederates

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• avoids
• shuns
• snubs
• alienates
• disperses
• splits (up)
• splits
• estranges
• breaks up
• cold-shoulders
• disbands
• divorces
• dissociates
• severs
• disjoins
• disunites
• sunders

travels

2 of 2

noun

plural of travel

as in trip

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of travels

Verb

Linebacker Weston Reis also came through for 2-0 Palos Verdes, which travels to Carson next Thursday in another challenging nonleague game. — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026

The story follows Ana, a young Black French woman who, following the death of her grandmother, travels to her matriarch’s birth city of Belo Horizonte. — Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 27 Aug. 2026

Thomas still maintains a room in Brooklyn and travels between New York and Connecticut. — Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 27 Aug. 2026

Now, Kaya travels with Rossdale on the road, spends his days getting plenty of exercise and attention, and has become the catalyst for the rock star’s increasingly vocal advocacy for shelter animals. — Alicia Urrea, Billboard, 27 Aug. 2026

Later in mid-November, Indiana hosts USC and travels to Washington. — Scott Dochterman, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026

Maria travels on foot, with their baby on her back, trying to free Domingos and keep her family together. — Zac Ntim, Deadline, 26 Aug. 2026

Some produce travels hundreds or thousands of miles from where it’s grown to where it’s sold, passing through processing, storage, and distribution facilities. — Benjamin Stephen, Vox, 26 Aug. 2026

Each product is legible in a single sentence, which travels well on TikTok and Instagram. — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Miami Herald, 26 Aug. 2026

Noun

In the novel, Paradella cannot seem to finish the translation, due to distractions, heartbreaks, travels, and misplacements of the manuscript. — Literary Hub, 26 Aug. 2026

Paine, who works in technology by day — and intends to keep that career — has dabbled in winemaking for many years during his world military travels. — Pamela McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 24 Aug. 2026

Their travels will bring them as far as a dude ranch in Texas and the Grand Canyon. — Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2026

The critically and commercially adored animated series from creators Amber Noizumi and Michael Green will return for season 2 in January, according to a new teaser that sees the comeback of Mizu (Maya Erskine) on her travels in London. — Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 21 Aug. 2026

The latter recounts his travels to the island of Utopia and outlines its customs, which contrast sharply with common practice in England. — Carline Tromp, The Dial, 18 Aug. 2026

Memoir of a Hindu soldier Sitaram Pande, a soldier in the Bengal Army of the British East India Company, wrote a memoir about his travels and time in military service. — Aishwarya Lakshmi, The Conversation, 18 Aug. 2026

Are there any recent travels that have made a similar impact? — Lale Arikoglu, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Aug. 2026

The Abbott Elementary star recently shared an Instagram post detailing her recent travels — and among floppy hats and patterned dresses, one timeless style caught our eye. — Claire West, PEOPLE, 14 Aug. 2026