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

Tesla trails self-driving taxi leader Waymo in the number of cabs deployed and trips completed. — Bernard Condon, Fortune, 4 Sep. 2026 Pushing trips later into October or the first week of November could be a sweet spot for fare savings. — Jessica Puckett, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Sep. 2026 This is similar to what cruise lines do when moving ships between itineraries, often offering trips at a cheaper cost than traditional voyages. — Elliott Harrell, Travel + Leisure, 3 Sep. 2026 Mountain trips don’t have to be miserable for hunters or anglers who live at or near sea level. — Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 3 Sep. 2026 Investigators accused him of obstruction of justice, unlawful contracting and, among other things, claiming $127,630 in expenses linked to fictitious missions and plane tickets for nearly a dozen trips. — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 3 Sep. 2026 The Yorkshire Grand Tour cost $7,860 a head, while forthcoming trips to the Italian Dolomites, Austria, Slovenia, and Croatia start at $21,100 per person. — Iain MacAuley, Robb Report, 2 Sep. 2026 After sleeping on a bus bench and a few trips to the hospital, Lugo landed at Holliday's Helping Hands, or HHH, a network of interim housing facilities started by nurse practitioner Katina Holliday. — Rina Nakano, CBS News, 28 Aug. 2026 Gadhafi made multiple trips to Uganda and supported Oyo and the queen mother for years before Gadhafi’s death in October 2011. — Rodney Muhumuza, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026

Verb

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 Powerful superconducting magnets could also provide a solution to the problem of cancer-causing cosmic radiation that explorers will encounter during stays on the moon or trips deeper into space. — Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 6 July 2026 Early on in the clip, Jake Johnson’s former tennis star Dusty Boyd trips over the net and injures his wrist in a bad way. — Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 23 June 2026 Longer trips sail to Costa Maya and Cozumel, Mexico. — Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 June 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for trips

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Over the course of several years, logs and woody debris could have accumulated in this area, Gammer explained, forming a sort of raft on which trees can grow — and embark on naval expeditions, apparently.

— Frank Landymore, Futurism, 2 Sep. 2026
British Arctic expeditions used the north coast of Svalbard as a base for research, a tradition of scientific observation that continues across Svalbard today.

— Sarah Kingdom, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026

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First inning, Shohei Ohtani walks, steals second, jogs to third on a single by Freddie Freeman, scores on a grounder by Mookie Betts.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2026
Against Senegal, Odegaard casually jogs off the pitch at the near post to drag a player away from the box as Julian Ryerson delivers the corner.

— Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 14 July 2026

Definition of jogs

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Wisconsin only falls one spot after being competitive with Notre Dame for more than a half.

— Chris Vannini, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
When the baseline is agreed early, each new agent inherits it, and the cost and risk of every additional deployment falls rather than rising.

— Krishnaveni Palanivelu, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of falls

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That claim will be put to the test against one of California’s best teams next week, when Mission Viejo travels to Sacramento to play Folsom High.

— Caleb Otte, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2026
Carter Nylon Cargo Backpack My 56-year-old mom never travels without a backpack to easily store her medicines, snacks, chargers, laptop, and even spare clothes in the compact bag.

— Alyssa Morin, InStyle, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of travels

Noun

When the east Texas oilfield was discovered in the interwar years, gasoline prices fell sharply, incentivizing bigger engines and vehicles, while encouraging longer journeys.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2026
Grieving families were made visible, giving voice and shape to those who were lost, as people held symbolic burial rites or went on their own journeys to look for loved ones.

— ABC News, ABC News, 4 Sep. 2026