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

Mobile dog grooming is a professional grooming service performed inside a specially outfitted van that travels to the client’s location. — Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 10 July 2026

Hoping to save his ailing wife and son, Shujiro travels to the Tenryu-ji temple, where the tournament is overseen by Enju (Kazunari Ninomiya). — David Faris, TheWeek, 10 July 2026

The lifelong New Yorker declared Palm Beach his permanent residence in 2019 and travels there regularly from the White House. — Rachel Treisman, NPR, 9 July 2026

One travels even farther than him, from Santa Clarita to Long Beach. — Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026

The route then heads north into France, travels the coast up to Bordeaux, and then cuts diagonally across the country through Bergerac, Vichy, Nevers, and up to Le Markstein. — Jason Cohen, PC Magazine, 9 July 2026

Learning how research travels through those conversations may be just as important for public health as understanding the study itself. — Dannell D. Boatman, The Conversation, 8 July 2026

Beyond its cinematic ties, the residence reflects the family’s travels around Italy with classic Renaissance-style architecture, including stately columns and arches. — Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 8 July 2026

As Universal Orlando promised, the show virtually travels to Epic’s four themed worlds, including Dark Universe, How to Train Your Dragon – Isle of Berk, Wizarding World of Harry Potter – Ministry of Magic and Super Nintendo World. — Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 July 2026

Noun

One of the monarch’s nicknames for his wife is unexpected—and likely derived from his travels abroad. — Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 7 July 2026

The outlet also highlights travelers’ reasoning behind specifically selecting window seats for their travels, including motion sickness, fear of flying or to keep children occupied. — Natalia Senanayake, PEOPLE, 7 July 2026

Legend’s version features a Silk Routes story following the travels of explorer Marco Polo, with cuisine inspired by China, India, Italy and more. — Nathan Diller, USA Today, 6 July 2026

Or, host them for dinner at your home, offer them tickets to a concert or a play, or bring her back a gift from your travels. — Jeanne Phillips, Mercury News, 6 July 2026

Afterward, their travels will take them to Singapore, Australia, and Fiji before concluding their honeymoon in Hawaii. — Allison Degrushe, StyleCaster, 6 July 2026

Many young children expressed joy at being there, undeterred by long travels, storm warnings and summer heat waves. — Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 5 July 2026

Deadly boating tragedies are common in the central African country, where late-night travels and overcrowded vessels are often blamed. — ABC News, 4 July 2026

In Judges 19 a Levite and his concubine stop in their travels in Gibeah in the land of the tribe of Benjamin. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 July 2026