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

Ambulances and medical helicopters made trips to and from the site, while unscathed survivors were put on buses. — Joseph Wilson, Arkansas Online, 29 Oct. 2026 This velvet travel case is a much more efficient alternative to tossing jewelry into a plastic baggie on trips. — Jeaneen Russell, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2026 Having these classic, high-quality closet staples will make getting dressed and packing for fall trips a breeze. — Caroline Hughes, Travel + Leisure, 28 Oct. 2026 If trips to the beach were rare, voyages on a yacht were unheard of. — Michael Butler, Miami Herald, 28 Oct. 2026 The last two seasons — which included two trips to the Elite Eight, two regular-season Big 12 championships and one conference tournament title — were led by some of the oldest teams in college basketball. — Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Oct. 2026 Floodwaters have closed state highways and rural roads, leaving some residents stranded and forcing others to take detours that can add hours to their trips. — Sarah Horbacewicz, CBS News, 27 Oct. 2026 Together, the two trips — Vance’s Marshall rally in Topeka and Hamilton’s visit to Oakley — mark the homestretch of a bitter campaign. — Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 27 Oct. 2026 But some voters live as far as 556 miles from their polling places, requiring boat trips of three to five days. — Gabriela Sá Pessoa, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2026

Verb

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 system is designed to let robots identify mistakes during operation, adjust their behavior and retain useful experience for subsequent attempts.

— Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 30 Oct. 2026
Florida judges, lawmakers and governors perpetuate the patently unreliable assumption that jurors never make mistakes.

— Orlando Sentinel, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of mistakes

Verb

The water can remain liquid and freeze on contact with the surfaces of an airplane — much like freezing rain falls as liquid and freezes on cars and roads on contact.

— Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Money, 3 Nov. 2026
Edmonton visits New Jersey, and the spotlight falls squarely on Leon Draisaitl.

— OutKick, FOXNews.com, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of falls

Verb

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

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