TRIPS Synonyms: 252 Similar and Opposite Words

trips 1 of 2

noun

plural of trip

as in expeditions

a going from one place to another usually of some distance I'd like to book a trip to Greece with your travel agency

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as in mistakes

an unintentional departure from truth or accuracy even a small trip in the bomb-making calculations could lead to disaster

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trips

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of trip

as in jogs

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 falls

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 hops

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

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as in travels

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 fumbles

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 trips

Noun

The Tigers hit the road for their next two games with trips to South Florida and Navy before finishing off the regular season at home against Temple on November 27. — Mark Harris Outkick, FOXNews.com, 11 Nov. 2026 Hurricane Matthew led to back-to-back trips to LSU in 2015 and 2016. — Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 Nov. 2026 His parents took him and his siblings camping and saved up for trips to Disneyland. — Noelle Crombie, ProPublica, 11 Nov. 2026 Blackbird grew quickly, establishing a major presence in California and Washington’s mountain guiding industry and offering trips from British Columbia to Patagonia and Europe. — Andrew Graham, Sacbee.com, 11 Nov. 2026 The organization also arranges deep-sea-fishing trips and owns a lakeside retreat, Tranquility Gardens near Buena Vista, that is a getaway for former service members. — Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 11 Nov. 2026 Also, those Thanksgiving-week trips tend to last longer — three nights, on average, instead of two. — Los Angeles Times, 11 Nov. 2026 Bathroom trips are limited to 15 minutes, said Alan Sullivan, co-CEO of JCDecaux North America. — Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 11 Nov. 2026 Rooms are spacious by Tokyo standards, service is warm and accommodating, and the calm, orderly atmosphere suits quieter family trips. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Nov. 2026

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This effectively reduces the Platinum status requirement to 130,000 TQPs and makes earning unlimited Companion Pass trips a bit easier. — Jason Stauffer, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2026 And maybe trips like this can help the nomad way of life survive. — Jen Murphy, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Oct. 2026 And as the cops try to arrest them, only to realize their own jails aren’t accessible, the film expresses perfectly how the government trips over its own feet while resisting inevitable change. — Glenn Garner, Deadline, 10 Sep. 2026 At one point Hussain, having to contend with more limited space in the box with another person in there, nearly trips over a box. — Nick Miller, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026 Gillian Jacobs as Jerri Dougan Gerry was the starting quarterback for the Catfish at the beginning of the first season until Danny (Frankie Rodriguez) — the school mascot who helps turn Russ into Chad and keep up his illusion — trips him. — Skyler Trepel, PEOPLE, 3 Sep. 2026 An agent holding valid credentials, performing thousands of plausible-looking actions across four days, trips neither alarm. — Jon Markman, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026 Bathroom trips while filming The Odyssey were an odyssey in itself for John Leguizamo. — Marina Watts, Entertainment Weekly, 22 July 2026 Travelers plan trips around fashion weeks, shop for luxury goods abroad, and seek out hotels with onsite boutiques that are as thoughtfully curated as their restaurants. — Denny Lee, Travel + Leisure, 16 July 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for trips

Noun

For children inclined to such expeditions—or who just want to read in a dark spot—a camping headlamp ($35) makes an inexhaustibly useful accessory.

— Molly Fischer, New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2026
The horses in these parts are semi-wild, and all expeditions are led by skilled local horsemen who guide you over the steppes which, since the days of Genghis Khan, have been revered as the gateway to heaven.

— Luke Abrahams, Vogue, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of expeditions

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The company cautioned that Claude can make mistakes in its responses and advised users to check important figures with their banks.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 6 Nov. 2026
Now, her friends are said to be nervous that Lopez will never learn from her mistakes.

— Allison DeGrushe, StyleCaster, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of mistakes

Verb

That trend runs against the old explanation for demographic change, which held that fertility invariably falls as a community or society gets richer.

— Jesús Fernández-Villaverde, Foreign Affairs, 10 Nov. 2026
After subtracting the $33,200 standard deduction, their taxable income would be $96,800, which falls below the 0% threshold.

— Kate Dore, CFP®, EA, CNBC, 10 Nov. 2026

Definition of falls

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The average shift in the National Hockey League is well under one minute before a player hops back over the boards, but tell that to New York Islanders star defenseman Matthew Schaefer.

— Matt Reigle OutKick, FOXNews.com, 28 Oct. 2026
Blanding hops in and out of the truck, grabbing buckets of food scraps from porches and restaurants, piling those scraps into bins in the truck bed and driving them to a composting site.

— ABC News, ABC News, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of hops

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Crews say there is a lot of traffic that travels there during rush hour, so safer roads are essential.

— Brian Sherrod, CBS News, 4 Nov. 2026
While gathering material in southern Ukraine, Carrère travels with a group of Ukrainian soldiers, one of whom, a brooding young man named Serhiy, reminds him of a character from a Dostoyevsky novel.

— Madeleine Wulfahrt, New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2026

Definition of travels

Noun

Their two paths to power — which led them on vastly different journeys through different countries, organizations and governmental roles — left them on a collision course to lead Los Angeles.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2026
The initial criminal complaint describes how those journeys became promotional material.

— Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 30 Oct. 2026