voyaging

verb

present participle of voyage
1
as in traveling
to take a trip especially of some distance voyaged to the ends of the earth in search of adventure

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2
as in sailing
to travel on water in a vessel voyaging on a cruise ship for the first time

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Recent Examples of voyaging However, when her island's resources are threatened, Moana embraces her ancestors' voyaging heritage and heads out to sea to find Maui, deliver the heart of Te Fiti (which Maui stole back in the day) and save her people. — Brian Truitt, USA Today, 9 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for voyaging
  1. traveling
  2. sailing
  3. journeying
  4. trekking
  5. touring
  6. wandering
Verb
  • The trucks wait until all those in the area are ready before traveling in convoys to packing plants, accompanied by police patrols to prevent robberies.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 16 Aug. 2026
  • Murphy, traveling the country promoting his recent book and opining on the state of the Democrats, returned to Connecticut to boost Larson and trash Bronin.
    — Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of traveling
Verb
  • Offensive notes Tommy DeVito settled in nicely after sailing some early throws.
    — Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 15 Aug. 2026
  • That comment followed news that the USS George Washington is now sailing to the Middle East and is expected to replace the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier, which has been at sea for some 250 days and not had a port call for more than 200.
    — Alexander Smith, NBC news, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of sailing
Verb
  • Stewart, 81, has been journeying around the world on his One Last Time farewell tour since March 2025.
    — KiMi Robinson, USA Today, 12 Aug. 2026
  • But there were people who’d been on board for weeks before that, journeying through the Panama Canal.
    — Heather Greenwood Davis, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of journeying
Verb
  • Pole sleeves at the ends of the crossbar let users install trekking poles, bolstering structural integrity.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 16 Aug. 2026
  • Kelly also spent hours upon hours trekking across the land, looking for clues of what once stood there.
    — Jenna Ebbers, Kansas City Star, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of trekking
Verb
  • Kahan’s touring success is also fueling his mental health advocacy through the Busyhead Project, his nonprofit focused on expanding access to mental health resources and reducing stigma.
    — SPIN Staff, SPIN, 16 Aug. 2026
  • The family then started spending parts of those summers on the road, often touring around the United States, for travel-ball tournaments.
    — Marc Topkin, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of touring
Verb
  • More Phillies players and staff joined them, wandering around the field and the house from the movie for the next 40 minutes.
    — Dan Hayes, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2026
  • The young mountain lion was spotted wandering along Foothill Boulevard between San Dimas Avenue and San Dimas Canyon Road in the morning, according to the San Dimas Sheriff’s Station.
    — Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of wandering

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“Voyaging.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/voyaging. Accessed 20 Aug. 2026.

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