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

That has real consequences for how living rooms, hallways and home offices get styled — gallery walls of family photos, open shelving for ceramics and framed ephemera from meaningful trips will crowd out generic wall art. — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Sacbee.com, 23 Sep. 2026 Falcons also have lost four straight trips to Lambeau, though the most recent was six years ago. — Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 23 Sep. 2026 Such flexibility is ideal for such trips as, for example, Best Egypt Tour packages. — Connie Etemadi, Kansas City Star, 23 Sep. 2026 United offered flight attendants extra pay to pick up Newark trips and ease delays. — Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 22 Sep. 2026 View gallery - 12 images Replacing short car trips with an electric scooter is one of the quickest ways to trim daily commuting costs, avoid traffic congestion, and skip the search for parking. — New Atlas, 22 Sep. 2026 Virtually all those trips involved hassle that was a bore to write about and just as boring to read. — Paul Theroux, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Sep. 2026 Better still, it’s generously sized to fit up to three bottles, which should save you a few trips back down to the cellar. — Mike Desimone, Robb Report, 21 Sep. 2026 The president has promised dozens more trips in the coming weeks. — Arkansas Online, 17 Sep. 2026

Verb

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 Wheeler trips more often now and no longer rides his scooter around the cul de sac because of his deteriorating vision and poor coordination. — Gerry Smith, CNBC, 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 Standard rooms already feel generous by Vegas standards, and suites step up to apartment-like layouts, with separate living areas that make longer stays or work trips more comfortable. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Aug. 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

The ice inside these eternally dark craters could be used to supply water, air, and rocket fuel for a Moon base, supporting a permanent settlement and providing a springboard for future expeditions to Mars.

— Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 22 Sep. 2026
Ssebayiga and his team of Deaf guides lead expeditions like gorilla treks through Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, rhino-tracking safaris at Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary, and chimpanzee-watching in Kibale Forest National Park.

— CNT Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of expeditions

Verb

Warmer temperatures associated with El Niño can mean more precipitation falls as rain rather than snow at lower elevations, while colder, higher elevations remain more likely to see accumulating snow.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 29 Sep. 2026
If unit cost falls while outcomes hold or improve, there may be a case to scale.

— Alec Scott, Forbes.com, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of falls

Verb

Furious at having been deceived her whole life, Kylie hops on the next plane to the Owens’ ancestral home in England with the intent of breaking the curse once and for all.

— Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2026
Chargers offensive coordinator Mike McDaniel hops on the field at training camp in El Segundo in July.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2026

Definition of hops

Verb

With Northern Trust serving clients from locations in Asia, Europe, Australia and North America, O’Grady travels the globe all the time.

— The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 20 Sep. 2026
Her cause of death was determined to be a pulmonary embolism caused by deep vein thrombosis (DVT), in which a blood clot travels to the lungs and blocks an artery, the BBC reported.

— Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of travels

Noun

The resulting feature centers on the challenges, joys and intimate journeys of being born with a body outside the physical definitions of male or female, explored through the lives of intersex individuals in India, Brazil and the United States.

— Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 25 Sep. 2026
The underlying structure limited its ability to improve customer journeys, introduce new functionality and give marketing greater control.

— James Fratzke, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026