Synonyms of trips

trips 1 of 2

noun

plural of trip

1

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• expeditions
• journeys
• travels
• excursions
• treks
• flights
• tours
• errands
• voyages
• rides
• cruises
• peregrinations
• drives
• jaunts
• outings
• commutes
• passages
• walks
• sails
• pilgrimages
• sorties
• hikes
• commutations
• junkets
• odysseys
• hops
• sallies
• quests
• safaris
• spins
• progresses
• tramps
• walkabouts
• grand tours
• slogs

2

as in mistakes

an unintentional departure from truth or accuracy

even a small trip in the bomb-making calculations could lead to disaster

Synonyms & Similar Words

• mistakes
• blunders
• errors
• fumbles
• stumbles
• bricks
• miscues
• missteps
• gaffes
• slips
• gaffs
• inaccuracies
• faults
• goofs
• screwups
• flubs
• bobbles
• lapses
• clinkers
• slipups
• clangers
• boobs
• oversights
• pratfalls
• fluffs
• boo-boos
• bloopers
• snafus
• misunderstandings
• howlers
• miscalculations
• bloomers
• boners
• misjudgments
• misdescriptions
• misinterpretations
• misreadings
• misconceptions
• misstatements
• foul-ups
• misconstructions
• miscomprehensions
• misimpressions
• misapprehensions

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• accuracies
• precisions
• exactitudes
• perfections
• infallibilities
• inerrancies

trips

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of trip

1

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• jogs
• trots
• runs
• races
• sprints
• skips
• speeds
• rushes
• dashes
• hurries
• gallops
• zips
• scampers
• leaps
• scoots
• hustles
• courses
• scurries
• bounds
• springs
• bowls
• jets
• barrels
• belts
• rockets
• tears
• hoofs (it)
• blasts
• buzzes
• zooms
• blows
• lopes
• shoots
• whisks
• legs (it)
• canters
• hastens
• humps
• bombs
• hies
• steps (along)
• bustles
• hurtles
• rips
• breezes
• bolts
• shags
• rams
• hares
• scuttles
• hurls
• blazes
• pelts
• whirls
• careens
• rustles
• foots (it)
• cannonballs
• nips
• hotfoots (it)
• patters

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• strolls
• shuffles
• ambles
• lags
• drags
• saunters
• lingers
• crawls
• shambles
• pokes
• creeps
• loiters
• dawdles
• tarries
• dallies
• trudges
• plods
• lumbers
• dillydallies
• hobbles
• limps

2

as in falls

to go down from an upright position suddenly and involuntarily

tripped over a chair and landed on her face

Synonyms & Similar Words

• falls
• stumbles
• slips
• tumbles
• topples
• collapses
• crashes
• slides
• skids
• plops
• drops
• plunges
• slumps (over)
• plunks
• precipitates
• wipes out
• flumps
• keels
• plummets
• crumples
• free-falls
• nose-dives

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• stands (up)
• rises
• gets up
• uprises

3

as in hops

to move with a light springing step

dancers tripping lightly across the stage

Synonyms & Similar Words

• hops
• bounces
• bounds
• skips
• leaps
• jumps
• lopes
• romps
• lollops
• capers
• vaults
• frisks
• gambols
• skitters
• skims

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• trudges
• plods
• lumbers

4

as in travels

to take a trip especially of some distance

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• travels
• treks
• tours
• journeys
• voyages
• wanders
• pilgrimages
• roams
• sails
• cruises
• rides
• road-trips
• flies
• migrates
• jaunts
• buses
• peregrinates
• knocks (about)
• hops
• coaches
• rambles
• roves
• drives
• motors
• cabs
• traipses
• jets
• gallivants
• gigs
• perambulates
• trundles
• navigates
• rolls
• barnstorms

5

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• fumbles
• stumbles
• blunders
• slips up
• lays an egg
• drops the ball
• mistakes
• fouls up
• goofs (up)
• nods
• flubs
• errs
• fluffs
• screws up
• boobs
• murders
• messes (up)
• misunderstands
• bungles
• louses up
• muffs
• botches
• miscalculates
• butchers
• bobbles
• mangles
• miscounts
• misjudges
• miscues
• misdeems
• misconceives
• foozles
• misgauges
• mishandles
• misconstrues
• misinterprets

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of trips

Noun

Heather is absolutely tickled and lets out a cackle, because that little bit surely hits even harder if the FBI has actually busted up one of your cast trips before. — Tom Smyth, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2026

Should cabin fever somehow strike, the hotel can arrange adventures further afield, from whale-watching and boat trips along the Costa Del Sol coast to private hikes through the Andalusian mountains and even cheesemaking at a local goat farm. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Oct. 2026

In backwards trips and tramples, the protesters’ standing formation became disarrayed. — Sophie Landres, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026

Zanolla is accused of helping make trips to New York to obtain cocaine and transport it back to the State College area. — Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 30 Sep. 2026

Those records show that throughout the ER trips, Henry Ford employees and ambulance workers generally found Tingley cooperative and polite. — Jordan Rau, NPR, 30 Sep. 2026

Dozens of Georgia lawmakers had their trips to the beach and other locales paid for by lobbyists for some of the state’s most powerful interests. — David Wickert, AJC.com, 30 Sep. 2026

Chanel’s extraordinary trips—access to palaces, private jets, Rolls-Royces and Bentleys, caviar dinners—all pass through the book as mundane elements of the scenery. — Olivier Bouchara, Vanity Fair, 30 Sep. 2026

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

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