travel

Meaning

Verb

1. (intransitive) To be on a journey, often for pleasure or business and with luggage; to go from one place to another.
2. (intransitive) To pass from one place to another; to move or transmit.
3. (intransitive) To move illegally by walking or running without dribbling the ball.
4. (transitive) To travel throughout (a place).
5. (transitive) To force to journey.
6. (obsolete) To labour; to travail.

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) The act of traveling; passage from place to place.
2. (countable, in-plural, uncountable) A series of journeys.
3. (countable, in-plural, uncountable) An account of one's travels.
4. (countable, uncountable) The activity or traffic along a route or through a given point.
5. (countable, uncountable) The working motion of a piece of machinery; the length of a mechanical stroke.
6. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) Labour; parturition; travail.
7. (countable, uncountable) Distance that a keyboard's key moves vertically when depressed.

Synonyms

journey

go

tour

trip

walk

🚶

voyage

move

wander

roam

ride

drive

rove

take a trip

travelling

movement

fare

traveling

peregrinate

ramble

make a trip

cruise

run

leave

tramp

march

pilgrimage

traverse

locomote

jaunt

excursion

make a journey

drift

change of location

step

proceed

range

wayfaring

hike

move around

swan

🦢

sightseeing

shift

do

shifting

transfer

displacement

depart

ambulate

gallivant

moving

Translations

voyager

viajar

reisen

voyage

viaggiare

viaggio

viajar

viatjar

Reise

reizen

viagem

viaje

aller

wandern

ir

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈtɹævəl/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: travelen

Cognate with Middle English: travaillen

Cognate with Old English: faran

Inherited from Middle English: travail

In summary

PIE word
*tréyes
From Middle English travelen (“to make a laborious journey, travel”) from Middle Scots travailen (“to toil, work, travel”), alteration of Middle English travaillen (“to toil, work”), from Old French travailler (“to trouble, suffer, be worn out”). See the doublet travail.
Largely displaced native fare, from Old English faran (“to go [a long distance], to travel”). More at fare.

Sentences

A shepherd may like to travel , but he should never forget about his sheep .

Anyone planning to travel on a glacier should be trained in crevasse rescue .