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

The company has been gradually increasing its use of AI across back office and customer-facing roles and has introduced an AI chatbot to its website to help customers plan their trips. — Sam Forsdick, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2026

QuickBooks Free currently allows up to two invoices per month and mileage tracking for up to five trips per month. — Carson Brunson, CNBC, 7 Oct. 2026

Over the same period, CATS reported 10 assaults, or less than four per every 10 million passenger trips, on the light rail, data CATS submitted to the federal government shows. — Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 7 Oct. 2026

Boat trips to Capri and Positano are on the doorstep, as are hair-raising Vespa tours on hairpin roads and private visits to Pompei and Herculaneum. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026

The corridor records almost 100,000 trips each day, according to 2025 MoDOT data. — Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 6 Oct. 2026

From Chip Kelly to Doug Pederson and Nick Sirianni, Johnson maintained his high level of play, earning five All-Pro nods, including two on the First Team and six trips to the Pro Bowl. — Cbs Philadelphia, CBS News, 6 Oct. 2026

Soundcore Boom 2 Plus The Soundcore Boom 2 Plus is built for anyone who believes backyard parties and beach trips deserve concert-level volume. — Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 3 Oct. 2026

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