EXCURSION: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for EXCURSION?

Need another word that means the same as “excursion”? Find 10 synonyms and 30 related words for “excursion” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Excursion” are: expedition, jaunt, junket, outing, pleasure trip, sashay, digression, trip, journey, tour

Excursion as a Noun

Definitions of "Excursion" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “excursion” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• A deviation from a regular activity or course.
• A short journey or trip, especially one taken as a leisure activity.
• A digression.
• A journey taken for pleasure.
• A movement of something along a path or through an angle.
• Wandering from the main path of a journey.

Synonyms of "Excursion" as a noun (10 Words)

digression	Wandering from the main path of a journey. A digression into irrelevant details.
expedition	The people involved in an expedition. The landlord shall remedy the defects with all possible expedition.
jaunt	A short excursion or journey made for pleasure. Her regular jaunts to Europe.
journey	A long and often difficult process of personal change and development. An eight hour train journey.
junket	An extravagant trip or celebration, in particular one enjoyed by a government official at public expense. The latest row over city council junkets.
outing	The practice of revealing the homosexuality of a prominent person. Madonna s first screen outing in three years.
pleasure trip	A formal expression.
sashay	(in American square dancing) a figure in which partners circle each other by taking sideways steps. After cautious sashays into the field.
tour	A short trip to or through a place in order to view or inspect something. A tour of duty in Northern Ireland.
trip	A catch mechanism that acts as a switch. He recited the whole poem without a single trip.

Usage Examples of "Excursion" as a noun

• The firm's disastrous excursion into the US electrical market.
• Large excursions of the hip and knee joint.
• A gantry controlled the radial and tangential excursion of each detector.
• Pardon this long excursion on this subject.
• Many summer excursions to the shore.
• An excursion to London Zoo.

Associations of "Excursion" (30 Words)

adventure	Take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome. She travelled the world in search of adventure.
amenities	Things that make you comfortable and at ease.
camping	The act of encamping and living in tents in a camp. Camping attracts people of all ages.
circumnavigate	Avoid dealing with (something difficult or unpleasant. They circumnavigated the issue.
cruise	Wander about a place in search of a casual sexual partner. Millwall cruised to a 2 0 win over Leicester.
embark	Set out on (an enterprise or subject of study. She embarked on a new career.
expedition	The people involved in an expedition. The landlord shall remedy the defects with all possible expedition.
explanatory	Serving or intended to explain or make clear. An explanatory paragraph.
exploration	A systematic consideration. Some changes in the care giving situation may need exploration.
flight	Shoot a bird in flight. Flights of whooper swans.
hike	A long walk or walking tour. Roy hiked up his trousers to reveal his socks.
itinerate	Travel from place to place, as for work. Regular use of itinerating magistrates was made.
jaunt	A journey taken for pleasure. Her regular jaunts to Europe.
journey	Undertake a journey or trip. An eight hour train journey.
junket	A trip taken by an official at public expense. The latest row over city council junkets.
leisure	Freedom to choose a pastime or enjoyable activity. He lacked the leisure for golf.
navigate	Act as the navigator in a car, plane, or vessel and plan, direct, plot the path and position of the conveyance. I used a browser to navigate around the Web.
odyssey	A Greek epic poem (attributed to Homer) describing the journey of Odysseus after the fall of Troy. His odyssey from military man to politician.
outing	An appearance in something, especially a sporting event or film. LGBT organizations strongly condemn the outing of a transgender person before they are ready to tell their own story.
peregrination	A journey, especially a long or meandering one. She kept Aunt Ilsa company on her peregrinations.
picnic	Have or take part in a picnic. We picnicked near the lake on this gorgeous Sunday.
recreational	Of or relating to recreation. Recreational golfers.
sail	A sailing ship. The ferry caught fire sailing between Caen and Portsmouth.
sailing	The action of sailing in a ship or boat. The company operates five sailings a day from Ramsgate to Dunkirk.
tour	Take a performer production etc on tour. Ireland s eight match tour of New Zealand.
transatlantic	Crossing the Atlantic. A transatlantic flight.
travel	The action of travelling. Travel the oceans.
trip	Make a trip for pleasure. The questions on the test tripped him up.
voyage	Go on a voyage. His voyage to America.
wayfarer	A person who travels on foot.