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

Yet a growing number of adults age 60 and older are embracing AI, using it for entertainment, planning trips and even accessing health information. — Robin Brewer, Washington Post, 21 Oct. 2026 For Jung, that looked like attending Seoul Fashion Week and indulging in the city’s fine dining scene, while for some of her coaching clients, that meant professional color consultations, beauty treatments, and even weekend trips to Japan. — Jessica Poitevien, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Oct. 2026 Additional trips to the store aren’t the primary issue, but the constant temptation of these deals could lead to more impulse purchases — which could strain your finances during and after the holidays. — Ryley Amond, CNBC, 21 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 The president has continued to vigorously back Paxton throughout the general election, making several trips to Texas to campaign for him. — Caroline Linton, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026 These trips tend to cost more than conventional holidays, but the pay-off is high. — Deeya Sonalkar, TheWeek, 20 Oct. 2026 Even in scenes outside Sonny’s perspective, Ellen still looks like not-quite-Connie Britton, fielding suspicious phone calls and making covert trips to the bank. — Alison Herman, Variety, 20 Oct. 2026 The songs on Purdy also have the tone of journal entries, detailing haggard trips to the grocery store, daydreams about his young daughters’ glamorous adult lives, and observations about the banality of oppression. — Dash Lewis, Pitchfork, 15 Oct. 2026

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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

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So, this brilliant archivist who worked with me found these images from French, German, and Italian anthropological expeditions.

— Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 22 Oct. 2026
The brand reinterpreted the Karakorum, Verone, Himalaya and Tibb jackets, paying tribute to its history, alpine culture and commitment to outfitting expeditions.

— Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2026

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When carb intake falls sharply, the liver turns fat into ketones, an alternative fuel for the brain and other tissues that may cause less metabolic stress.

— Rowan Jacobsen, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
Bangladesh’s experience shows the challenge of containing an outbreak when vaccination coverage falls below 95%, a level the WHO says is needed to prevent outbreaks.

— Reuters, NBC news, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of falls

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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
For the classy music video, Legend hops behind his Yamaha piano to perform the ethereal track with some help from the Hollywood Cinematic Orchestra, who are suited and booted.

— Michael Saponara, Billboard, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of hops

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The Orionid meteor shower activity peaks when Earth travels through the densest section of the debris trail left by Comet 1P/Halley.

— Anthony Wood, Space.com, 21 Oct. 2026
Health data travels from home medical devices through applications, cloud platforms and hospital systems before reaching a clinician, and each step widens the digital footprint.

— Ayush Jain, Forbes.com, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of travels

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In Alaska, salmon are one of the main prey sources for belugas—and the fish need cold water to develop their eggs, keep their metabolism stable and prevent energy depletion during long migratory journeys.

— Ryan Green, Scientific American, 26 Oct. 2026
By contrast, those from the Northern states had to time their journeys carefully, since the Rockies and the Sierras could not be crossed in winter.

— Kathryn Schulz, New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2026