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trip

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of trip

1 a going from one place to another usually of some distance

  • I'd like to book a trip to Greece with your travel agency
Synonyms of trip

expedition, journey, passage, peregrination, travel(s), trek
Words Related to trip

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

2 an unintentional departure from truth or accuracy

  • even a small trip in the bomb-making calculations could lead to disaster
Synonyms of trip

blunder, bobble, boo-boo, boob [British], brick, clanger [British], clinker, error, fault, flub, fluff, fumble, gaff, gaffe, goof, inaccuracy, lapse, miscue, misstep, mistake, oversight, screwup, slip, slipup, stumble
Words Related to trip

bloomer, blooper, boner, howler, pratfall

foul-up, snafu

misapprehension, miscalculation, miscomprehension, misconception, misconstruction, miscue, misdescription, misimpression, misinterpretation, misjudgment, misreading, misstatement, misunderstanding
Near Antonyms of trip

accuracy, correctness, exactitude, exactness, preciseness, precision, strictness

inerrancy, infallibility, perfection

trip

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of trip

1 to go at a pace faster than a walk

  • went tripping up the steps of city hall in their eagerness to get married
Synonyms of trip

dash, gallop, jog, run, scamper, sprint, trot
Words Related to trip

bound, canter, leap, lope, shag, skip, spring

barrel, belt, blast, blaze, blow, bolt, bomb [slang], bowl, breeze, bustle, buzz, cannonball, careen, course, foot (it), hare, hasten, hie, hoof (it), hotfoot (it), hump, hurl, hurry, hurtle, hustle, jet, leg (it), pelt, race, ram, rip, rocket, rush, rustle, shoot, speed, tear, whirl, whisk, zip, zoom

nip, patter, scoot, scurry, scuttle, step (along)
Near Antonyms of trip

amble, saunter, shamble, shuffle, stroll

crawl, creep, dally, dawdle, dillydally, drag, lag, linger, loiter, poke, tarry

lumber, plod, trudge

hobble, limp

2 to go down from an upright position suddenly and involuntarily

  • tripped over a chair and landed on her face
Synonyms of trip

fall, slip, stumble, topple, tumble
Words Related to trip

collapse, crumple, drop, flump, keel, plop, plunk (or plonk), slump (over)

crash, free-fall, nose-dive, plummet, plunge, precipitate, wipe out

skid, slide
Antonyms of trip

get up, rise, stand (up), uprise

3 to move with a light springing step

  • dancers tripping lightly across the stage
Synonyms of trip

bounce, bound, hop, lollop, lope, skip
Words Related to trip

caper, frisk, gambol, romp

skim, skitter

jump, leap, vault
Near Antonyms of trip

lumber, plod, trudge

4 to take a trip especially of some distance

  • while he was growing up, the family tripped to New England every summer
Synonyms of trip

journey, peregrinate, pilgrimage, tour, travel, trek, voyage
Words Related to trip

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

5 to make a mistake

  • the press has had it in for the new governor, and they are just waiting for her to trip
Synonyms of trip

blunder, boob [British], err, flub, fluff, foul up, fumble, goof (up), louse up, mess (up), screw up, slip up, stumble
Words Related to trip

nod

bobble, botch, bungle, butcher, foozle, mangle, mishandle, muff, murder

miscalculate, misconceive, miscount, miscue, misdeem, misgauge, misjudge, mistake

misconstrue, misinterpret, misunderstand
Phrases Synonymous with trip

drop the ball, lay an egg

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