Synonyms of tripping

tripping

verb

present participle of trip

1

as in trotting

to go at a pace faster than a walk

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• trotting
• jogging
• running
• skipping
• sprinting
• hurrying
• galloping
• speeding
• rushing
• dashing
• racing
• scampering
• leaping
• zipping
• scooting
• scurrying
• hustling
• bounding
• springing
• loping
• tearing
• blasting
• ripping
• blowing
• careening
• hurling
• humping
• buzzing
• hurtling
• whirling
• barreling
• scuttling
• blazing
• shagging
• cantering
• zooming
• bolting
• hastening
• jetting
• bowling
• ramming
• shooting
• whisking
• rocketing
• coursing
• pelting
• haring
• bustling
• belting
• rustling
• breezing
• stepping (along)
• bombing
• pattering
• cannonballing
• nipping
• hying
• footing (it)
• hotfooting (it)
• legging (it)
• hoofing (it)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• strolling
• shuffling
• dragging
• sauntering
• ambling
• creeping
• lingering
• crawling
• poking
• shambling
• lagging
• loitering
• dawdling
• trudging
• tarrying
• dallying
• plodding
• hobbling
• lumbering
• limping
• dillydallying

2

as in stumbling

to go down from an upright position suddenly and involuntarily

tripped over a chair and landed on her face

Synonyms & Similar Words

• stumbling
• falling
• slipping
• tumbling
• toppling
• collapsing
• sliding
• crashing
• skidding
• plopping
• dropping
• plunging
• crumpling
• plunking
• precipitating
• plummeting
• slumping (over)
• wiping out
• keeling
• flumping
• free-falling
• nose-diving

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• rising
• standing (up)
• uprising
• getting up

3

as in hopping

to move with a light springing step

dancers tripping lightly across the stage

Synonyms & Similar Words

• hopping
• bouncing
• skipping
• bounding
• leaping
• loping
• jumping
• lolloping
• romping
• capering
• skittering
• frisking
• gamboling
• vaulting
• skimming

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• trudging
• plodding
• lumbering

4

as in traveling

to take a trip especially of some distance

while he was growing up, the family tripped to New England every summer

Synonyms & Similar Words

• traveling
• journeying
• trekking
• touring
• wandering
• voyaging
• roaming
• sailing
• flying
• pilgrimaging
• migrating
• hopping
• riding
• jaunting
• peregrinating
• cruising
• traipsing
• gallivanting
• knocking (about)
• driving
• rambling
• roving
• perambulating
• trundling
• navigating
• busing
• motoring
• jetting
• rolling
• gigging
• road-tripping
• coaching
• cabbing
• barnstorming

5

as in fumbling

to make a mistake

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• stumbling
• fumbling
• blundering
• nodding
• erring
• flubbing
• fluffing
• slipping up
• mistaking
• dropping the ball
• screwing up
• boobing
• goofing (up)
• laying an egg
• misunderstanding
• fouling up
• messing (up)
• lousing up
• mangling
• murdering
• botching
• bungling
• misjudging
• miscalculating
• muffing
• bobbling
• miscounting
• butchering
• misconceiving
• misconstruing
• misinterpreting
• mishandling
• foozling
• miscuing
• misdeeming
• misgauging

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of tripping

In March, Melissa Graybill, 52, watched her mother, who is 69, begin an arduous recovery journey after tripping while getting off a horse. — Erica Sloan, Washington Post, 14 July 2026

Video of the incident shows Henderson trying to climb back over the advertising barriers, tripping, and landing hard on his wrist. — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 6 July 2026

But the tripping foul was clear on video review, and surprisingly Bruno Guimaraes, not superstar Vinicius Junior, stepped up to take the penalty kick. — Andy Clayton, New York Daily News, 5 July 2026

Mbappé was awarded the penalty when Diego Gomez was called for tripping after a video review. — Dan Gelston, Chicago Tribune, 4 July 2026

Neural pathways controlling core bodily functions — feeling in the limbs, movement and breathing — were collapsing one by one, like circuit breakers tripping in rapid succession. — Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC news, 30 June 2026

The primary question is whether this crowded field of new entrants is actually accomplishing anything, or whether its members are simply tripping over one another with deleterious impact. — Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Time, 28 June 2026

The latter tumbled 10% Tuesday, tripping a circuit breaker that prompted a 20-minute cooling off period. — Anna Cooban, CNN Money, 25 June 2026

Uneven sidewalks caused by tree root growth are common and a tripping hazard. — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 24 June 2026