Thesaurus: journey

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1. n. The travel or work of a day.
2. n. Travel or passage from one place to another; hence, figuratively, a passage through life.
3. v. i. To travel from place to place; to go from home to a distance.
4. v. t. To traverse; to travel over or through.
5. n. the act of traveling from one place to another
6. v. undertake a journey or trip
7. v. travel upon or across
8. 1. The travel or work of a day. [Obs.] Chaucer. We have yet large day, for scarce the sun Hath finished half his journey. Milton. 2. Travel or passage from one place to another; hence, figuratively, a passage through life. The good man . . . is gone a long journey. Prov. vii. 19. We must all have the same journey's end. Bp. Stillingfleet. Syn. -- Tour; excursion; trip; expedition; pilgrimage. -- Journey, Tour, Excursion, Pilgrimage. The word journey suggests the idea of a somewhat prolonged traveling for a specific object, leading a person to pass directly from one point to another. In a tour, we take a roundabout course from place to place, more commonly for pleasure, though sometimes on business. An excursion is usually a brief tour or trip for pleasure, health, etc. In a pilgrimage we travel to a place hallowed by our religions affections, or by some train of sacred or tender associations. A journey on important business; the tour of Europe; an excursion to the lakes; a pilgrimage to the Holy Land. To travel from place to place; to go from home to a distance. Abram journeyed, going on still toward the south. Gen. xii. 9. To traverse; to travel over or through. [R.] "I journeyed many a land." Sir W. Scott.
9. To travel from place to place; to go from home to a distance.Abram journeyed, going on still toward the south. Gen. xii. 9.
10. v:7/n:93 n. the act of traveling from one place to another