trek

Meaning

Noun

1. A journey by ox wagon.
2. The Boer migration of 1835–1837.
3. A slow or difficult journey.
4. A long walk.

Verb

1. To make a slow or arduous journey.
2. To journey on foot, especially to hike through mountainous areas.
3. To travel by ox wagon.
4. To travel by walking.

Synonyms

journey

hike

migrate

backpack

🎒

range

travel

pack

trip

wander

passage

peregrinate

peregrination

quest

ramble

roam

rove

scramble

tour

traipse

tramp

transition

transmigrate

traverse

trekking

trudge

voyager

walk

🚶

walkabout

wandering

wayfaring

migration

cast

climb

cruise

crusades

drift

emigrate

immigrate

mosey

Pronounced as (IPA)

/tɹɛk/

Etymology

From Afrikaans trek, from Dutch trekken, from Middle Dutch trekken (weak verb) and trēken (“to trek, place, bring, move”, strong verb), from Old Dutch *trekkan, *trekan, from Proto-West Germanic *trekan, from Proto-Germanic *trekaną, *trakjaną (“to drag, haul, scrape, pull”), from Proto-Indo-European *dreg- (“to drag, scrape”).