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noun

Definition of treknext
as in trip
a going from one place to another usually of some distance started on our trek up the mountain before the sun rose

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verb

ˈtrek How to pronounce trek (audio)
as in to travel
to take a trip especially of some distance adventurers trekking across the desert in search of a fabled city of gold

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Recent Examples of trek
Noun
In a statement to SFGate, Masiar said the hikers believed the trek would be significantly shorter and thus did not bring adequate food or water. — Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 1 Aug. 2026 The trek involves steep, high-altitude terrain, and travelers should prepare for variable weather and physical exertion before setting off. — Ashley Lynch july 31, Miami Herald, 31 July 2026
Verb
For millennia, upward of 5,000 ancestors living in the basin, many trekking to higher elevation to gather food in the summertime. — Los Angeles Times, 16 July 2026 Grandma, irrelevantly but convincingly, spoke of wars, blizzards and trekking barefoot to school. — Literary Hub, 15 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for trek
Recent Examples of Synonyms for trek
  1. trip
  2. travel
  3. expedition
  4. journey
  5. tour
  6. voyage
  7. pilgrimage
Noun
  • Wells, 18, disappeared July 4 during a boat trip with three friends to Horn Island in Jackson, Mississippi, and his body was recovered two days later by a National Park Service ranger on a nearby island.
    — Margaret Baker, Sacbee.com, 31 July 2026
  • Crump is handling the case of Nolan Wells, a Black student athlete who died on a boat trip in Mississippi with white friends over the July 4th weekend.
    — Caitlin McGlade, Charlotte Observer, 31 July 2026
Definition of trip
Verb
  • The timing of the meeting comes as Myanmar’s junta chief turned president Min Aung Hlaing is scheduled to travel to Thailand on August 6 and will meet with Thailand’s Prime ​Minister Anutin Charnvirakul.
    — Helen Regan, CNN Money, 3 Aug. 2026
  • The tens of thousands of people traveling at once and the road closures near the stadium and Atlanta park made driving very unattractive.
    — Doug Turnbull, AJC.com, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of travel
Noun
  • Its load-bearing capacity has been improved to accommodate the needs of larger scientific research equipment during expeditions.
    — Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 2 Aug. 2026
  • On Saturday, Purja’s expedition company said the world had lost one of mountaineering’s greats.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of expedition
Verb
  • The red planet doesn’t care to journey through this Water sign — given its introspective and emotional nature — but that doesn’t mean it can’t be harnessed correctly.
    — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 1 Aug. 2026
  • In a world where AI will build almost anything it is asked to, competitiveness can come from knowing which journeys to avoid spending money and time on.
    — Nisha Talagala, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
Definition of journey
Verb
  • No surprise that Stanley and Simmons have been friends since childhood with the decades of KISS touring with their families.
    — Jim Clash, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
  • The band only toured seven times between 2000 and its 50th anniversary tour in 2019.
    — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of tour
Verb
  • However, when her island's resources are threatened, Moana embraces her ancestors' voyaging heritage and heads out to sea to find Maui, deliver the heart of Te Fiti (which Maui stole back in the day) and save her people.
    — Brian Truitt, USA Today, 9 July 2026
  • When a blight hits the island, the result of a curse that began when Maui stole a gem representing the heart of the goddess Te Fiti, Moana gets her quest and excuse to voyage — to find the missing Maui and force him to return the stone.
    — Alison Willmore, Vulture, 8 July 2026
Definition of voyage
Verb
  • There are hiking trails and even pilgrimage routes all over the world.
    — Judy Koutsky, Forbes.com, 14 June 2026
  • Nearly 100,000 visitors pilgrimage to the area annually to witness a forest canopy cloaked in orange-and-black wings.
    — Jen Murphy, Travel + Leisure, 10 Mar. 2026
Definition of pilgrimage

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“Trek.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trek. Accessed 6 Aug. 2026.

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