TRIPPED Synonyms: 198 Similar and Opposite Words

tripped

verb

past tense of trip

as in trotted

to go at a pace faster than a walk went tripping up the steps of city hall in their eagerness to get married

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as in fell

to go down from an upright position suddenly and involuntarily tripped over a chair and landed on her face

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as in hopped

to move with a light springing step dancers tripping lightly across the stage

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as in traveled

to take a trip especially of some distance while he was growing up, the family tripped to New England every summer

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as in stumbled

to make a mistake the press has had it in for the new governor, and they are just waiting for her to trip

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Recent Examples of tripped An older man to my right tripped and took a face-first dive across the pavement, glasses flying off his face. — Timothy Townsend, Rolling Stone, 11 Sep. 2026 Mizzou tripped Kansas 42-31 last season in Columbia, went 4-1 against the Jayhawks uninterrupted from 2007-11 at Arrowhead Stadium and also conquered KU 42-17 in 2006 at Memorial Stadium in Columbia. — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 11 Sep. 2026 Waukee experienced an additional outage for 1,700 customers on Wednesday after a circuit was tripped offline, according to MidAmerican. — Kate Kealey, Des Moines Register, 9 Sep. 2026 There were also moments of controversy, as Gabriel seemed to kick out at Martinez and Declan Rice tripped Rogers. — Jack Lang, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026 When the horse tripped, the animal fell and rolled over on top of her, according to the outlets. — Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 2 Sep. 2026 The fourth hour began haphazardly as the Today With Jenna & Sheinelle camera operator tripped over a chair during their intro segment. — Leigh Blickley, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Aug. 2026 During competition, a number of humanoid robots have tripped, collapsed, burst into flames or slammed into safety barriers and then been stretchered off the track. — Anna Coren, CBS News, 24 Aug. 2026 After defender Bianca St-Georges tripped Maycee Bell, Sanchez converted in the 107th. — ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026

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In photos shared by both Hamilton Township Animal Shelter and Height of Hope, Nyla trotted along a red carpet and out the door of the shelter.

— Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2026
The next day, Magglio Ordóñez trotted right by him on his way around the bases after his pennant-clinching home run.

— Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026

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The goal came after Furuhashi got loose on a breakaway up the middle of the pitch, only to be felled by New England’s Will Sands in the center of the box, leaving referee Drew Fischer with an easy penalty call.

— Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2026
Mosaic terrazzo floors with a palm motif are nods to both Tiberius’s villas here and the Ethiopian palm that once stood like an icon outside the hotel, which was felled by a storm in the 1960s.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of fell

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Feminist Gloria Steinem, who died last week, hopped in a bunny suit so other women writers could leap.

— Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2026
Two summers ago, the internet received the gift of Raygun, an Australian breakdancer who kangaroo-hopped her way into the 2024 Paris Olympics.

— Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of hopped

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While Mayfield is 3-0 in Week 1 since coming to Tampa Bay in 2023, Burrow and the Bengals have often stumbled out of the gate.

— Joe Reedy, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 Sep. 2026
On this day in 1940, four teenage boys stumbled upon one of the world’s most significant archaeological finds—through a fox’s den, 50 feet down to an underground passageway, and into a network of caves.

— Michele Metych Britannica Editors Sep. 10, Encyclopedia Britannica, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of stumbled

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Later in the frame, Chisholm jogged home slowly after Wells homered off Morán.

— Brendan Kuty, New York Times, 31 Aug. 2026
Back up in his own end zone, Robinson blew past outside linebacker Azeez Ojulari, made the snag from Tagovailoa and jogged the rest of the way to the goal line.

— Daniel Flick, AJC.com, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of jogged

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Hybrid work increased slightly while fully remote work shrank slightly; average remote hours slipped only from 27 to 26 hours over the measured period.

— Gleb Tsipursky, Washington Post, 11 Sep. 2026
As the last of the September light slipped behind Central Park Wednesday evening, a small group of guests made their way into the Conservatory Garden, one of the park’s quieter gems and a place that remains unfamiliar even to many New Yorkers.

— Thomas Waller, Footwear News, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of slipped

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The visitors scored from their only two shots on target in the second half — the first in bizarre fashion, after Gonzalo Garcia’s clearance bounced in off Tyrick Mitchell, and the second following their best passage of play in the game.

— Stuart James, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
Darian Orduno bounced her baby boy on her chest, looking down at his thick black hair and bright eyes.

— Justine McDaniel, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2026