Synonyms of travel
- as in to trek
- as in to traverse
- as in to fly
- as in to associate
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Thesaurus Definition of travel
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- peregrinate
- road - trip
- knock (about)
- perambulate
- pass (over)
- cut (across)
- proceed (along)
- get a move on
- make tracks
- shake a leg
- hotfoot (it)
- fast - forward
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- hang (around or out)
- slow (down or up)
- collaborate
- take up with
- keep company (with)
- rub shoulders (with)
- fall in with
- pal (around)
- rub elbows (with)
- mess around
- be friends with
- interrelate
- confederate
- cold - shoulder
Thesaurus Definition of travel (Entry 2 of 2)
- peregrination
- commutation
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travel verb ( MAKE A JOURNEY )
- It costs less if you travel at the weekend .
- We hired a car so we could travel further afield .
- I have travelled extensively in Europe .
- They travelled the length and breadth of Scotland together.
- It's a film about the adventures of two friends travelling across Africa .
travel verb ( MOVE )
- Space travel may become very common in the near future .
- The price includes travel and accommodation .
- The travel company completely fouled up our holiday .
- They offer a 10 percent discount on rail travel for students .
- Over the years I've lost my taste for travel.
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noun as in journey
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- sightseeing
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- commutation
- peregrination
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- globetrotting
verb as in journey on a trip or tour
- cover ground
- get through
- go into orbit
- knock around
- make a journey
- make one's way
- take a boat
- take a plane
- take a train
- take a trip
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You just travel light with carry-on luggage, go to cities that you love, and get to hang out with all your friends.
He did travel to China and Australia while the story was unfolding.
In doing so he exposed the failure of other airlines in the region to see the huge pent-up demand for cheap travel.
“The tribe is really made of people who put travel as a priority in their entire lifestyle,” says Evita.
Brands like Lo & Sons and Delsey are already tapping Travel Noire to connect with black travelers.
One thing was certain: Grandfather Mole could travel much faster through the water than he could underground.
The mothers know better than any one else how hard a way the little girl will have to travel through life.
He could lie in bed and string himself tales of travel and adventure while Harry was downstairs.
Under ordinary circumstances these men can travel with their burden from twenty to thirty miles a day.
The rules regulating travel on highways in this country are called, "the law of the road."
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On this page you'll find 177 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to travel, such as: driving, excursion, flying, movement, navigation, and ride.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
- traveler: a person who travels.
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travel ( countable and uncountable , plural travels )
- The act of traveling; passage from place to place. space travel travel to Spain
- 2023 November 29, 'Mystery Shopper', “Does the railway deliver for passengers?”, in RAIL , number 997 , page 53 : But overall, I think the railway delivered very well on my travels . I'd give it 9/10 - there are just a few little rough edges that need smoothing off.
- 1903 , Henry Yule, Arthur Burnell, Hobson-Jobson : CALUAT, s. This in some old travels is used for Ar. khilwat, 'privacy, a private interview' (C. P. Brown, MS.).
- The activity or traffic along a route or through a given point.
- The working motion of a piece of machinery; the length of a mechanical stroke. There was a lot of travel in the handle, because the tool was out of adjustment. My drill press has a travel of only 1.5 inches.
- 1667 , John Tanner, The hidden treasures of the art of physick , page 208 : Hard Labour is when more vehement Pains and dangerous Symptomes happen to Women in Travel , and continue a longer time.
- Distance that a keyboard's key moves vertically when depressed. The keys have great travel .
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References [ edit ].
- “ travel ”, in The Century Dictionary [ … ] , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co. , 1911 , →OCLC .
- “ travel ”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary , Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam , 1913 , →OCLC .
Anagrams [ edit ]
- retval , varlet
Norwegian Bokmål [ edit ]
Etymology [ edit ].
Possibly from French travail ; compare with Danish travl .
Adjective [ edit ]
travel ( neuter singular travelt , definite singular and plural travle , comparative travlere , indefinite superlative travlest , definite superlative travleste )
- “travel” in The Bokmål Dictionary .
Norwegian Nynorsk [ edit ]
travel ( neuter singular travelt , definite singular and plural travle , comparative travlare , indefinite superlative travlast , definite superlative travlaste )
- “travel” in The Nynorsk Dictionary .
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Unusual Travel Words with Beautiful Meanings
Wanderlust (n.).
Origin: German Pronunciation: vawn-duh-luhst Meaning: a strong desire to travel
Resfeber (n.)
Origin: Swedish Pronunciation: race-fay-ber Meaning: the restless race of the traveler’s heart before the journey begins, when anxiety and anticipation are tangled together; the nervous feeling before undertaking a journey
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Strikhedonia (n.)
Origin: Greek Pronunciation: strik-he-don-e-a Meaning: the joy of being able to say “to hell with it”
Eleutheromania (n.)
Origin: Greek Pronunciation: eleuthero-ma-nia Meaning: an intense and irresistible desire for freedom
Origin: Hawaiian Pronunciation: ak-i-hi Meaning: listening to directions and then walking off and promptly forgetting them
Exulansis (n.)
Origin: The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows Pronunciation: exu-lan-sis Meaning: the tendency to give up trying to talk about an experience because people are unable to relate to it — whether through envy or pity or simple foreignness—which allows it to drift away from the rest of your life story, until the memory itself feels out of place, almost mythical, wandering restlessly in the fog, no longer even looking for a place to land.
Hodophile (n.)
Origin: Greek Pronunciation: hodo-phile Meaning: a lover of roads; one who loves to travel
Saudade (n.)
Origin: Portuguese Pronunciation: sau-da-de Meaning: a nostalgic longing for something or someone that was loved and then lost, with the knowledge that it or they might never return; “the love that remains”
Fernweh (n.)
Origin: German Pronunciation: feirn-veyh Meaning: an ache for distant places; a longing for far-off places; an urge to travel even stronger than wanderlust; being homesick for a place you’ve never been
Selcouth (adj.)
Origin: Old English Pronunciation: sel-kooth Meaning: unfamiliar, rare, strange, and yet marvelous
Serendipity (n.)
Origin: English Pronunciation: seh-ruhn-di-puh-tee Meaning: finding something good without looking for it
Pilgrimage (n.)
Origin: Latin Pronunciation: pil-gruh-mij Meaning: a journey, especially a long one, made to some sacred place as an act of religious devotion
Gökotta (n.)
Origin: Swedish Pronunciation: yo-kot-ah Meaning: literally translates to the early cuckoo morning or dawn picnic to hear the first birdsong; the act of rising early in the morning to hear the birds sing at sunrise and appreciate nature
Schwellenangst (n.)
Origin: German Pronunciation: shwel-en-ahngst Meaning: fear of embarking on something new; fear of crossing a threshold
Voyage (n.)
Origin: Latin Pronunciation: voy-ij Meaning: a long journey involving travel by sea or in space
Origin: Japanese Pronunciation: yoo-gehn Meaning: a profound awareness of the universe that triggers emotional responses too deep, powerful, and mysterious for words
Origin: Danish Pronunciation: hue-gah Meaning: the Danish practice of creating warmth, connection, and well-being; a complete absence of anything annoying or emotionally overwhelming; taking pleasure from the presence of gentle, soothing things; celebrating the everyday
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Vagary (n.)
Origin: Latin Pronunciation: va-ga-re Meaning: an unpredictable instance, a wandering journey; a whimsical, wild, and unusual idea, desire, or action
Origin: Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows Pronunciation: mo-rii Meaning: the desire to capture a fleeting experience
“With every click of the shutter, you’re trying to press pause on your life. If only so you can feel a little more comfortable moving on living in a world stuck on the play.”
Musafir (n.)
Origin: Arabic Pronunciation: mu-sa-fir Meaning: traveler
Musafir remains one of my most favorite words associated with travel.
Odyssey (n.)
Origin: Greek Pronunciation: aw-duh-see Meaning: a long and eventful or adventurous journey or experience
Sonder (n.)
Origin: The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows Pronunciation: sohn-dehrr Meaning: the realization that each random passerby is living a life as vivid and complex as your own—populated with their own ambitions, friends, routines, worries and inherited craziness—an epic story that continues invisibly around you like an anthill sprawling deep underground, with elaborate passageways to thousands of other lives that you’ll never know existed, in which you might appear only once, as an extra sipping coffee in the background, as a blur of traffic passing on the highway, as a lighted window at dusk.
Gadabout (n.)
Origin: Middle English Pronunciation: gad-uh-bout Meaning: a habitual pleasure-seeker; a person who moves about restlessly and aimlessly, especially from one social activity to another; a person who travels often or to many different places, especially for pleasure
Acatalepsy (n.)
Origin: Greek Pronunciation: ey-kat-l-ep-see Meaning: incomprehensibleness; the impossibility of comprehending the universe; the belief that human knowledge can never have true certainty
Origin: Greek Pronunciation: noh-mad Meaning: a person who does not stay long in the same place; a wanderer
Cockaigne (n.)
Origin: Middle English Pronunciation: ko-keyn Meaning: an imaginary or fabled land of luxury and idleness
Origin: The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows Pronunciation: o-ni-sm Meaning: the awareness of how little of the world you’ll experience
“The frustration of being stuck in just one body, that inhabits only one place at a time, which is like standing in front of the departures screen at an airport, flickering over with strange place names like other people’s passwords, each representing one more thing you’ll never get to see before you die—and all because, as the arrow on the map helpfully points out, you are here.”
Nemophilist (n.)
Origin: Greek Pronunciation: ni-mo-fi-list Meaning: a haunter of the woods; one who loves the forest for its beauty and solitude
Trouvaille (n.)
Origin: French Pronunciation: troo-vee Meaning: a lucky find; a chance encounter with something wonderful and valuable
Safarnama (n.)
Origin: Persian Pronunciation: su-fur-nama Meaning: travelogue; an account of the travels
Smultronställe (n.)
Origin: Swedish Pronunciation: smool-tron-stall-uh Meaning: literally translates to place of wild strawberries; a special place discovered, treasured, returned to for solace and relaxation; a personal idyll free from stress or sadness
Livsnjutare (n.)
Origin: Swedish Pronunciation: livs-noo-tuhreh Meaning: literally translates to enjoyer of life; someone who loves life deeply and lives it to the extreme
Wayfarer (n.)
Origin: Old English Pronunciation: wey-fair-er Meaning: someone who travels, especially on foot
Kopfkino (n.)
Origin: German Pronunciation: kof-kino Meaning: literally translates to head cinema; the act of playing out an entire scenario in your mind
Hireath (n.)
Origin: Welsh Pronunciation: her-rith Meaning: a homesickness for a home to which you cannot return, a home which maybe never was; the nostalgia, the yearning, the grief for the lost places of your past
Peripatetic (n.)
Origin: Greek Pronunciation: per-uh-puh-tet-ik Meaning: a person who travels from place to place
Luftmensch (n.)
Origin: Yiddish Pronunciation: looft-mensh Meaning: literally translates to an air person; an impractical dreamer with improbable plans and no business sense; one with their head in the clouds
Solivagant (adj.)
Origin: Latin Pronunciation: soh-lih-va-ghent Meaning: wandering alone
Waldeinsamkeit (n.)
Origin: German Pronunciation: vahyd-ahyn-zahm-kahyt Meaning: literally translates to woodland solitude; the feeling of being alone in the woods
Ecophobia (n.)
Origin: English Pronunciation: eco-phobia Meaning: a fear or dislike of one’s home
Origin: Japanese Pronunciation: u-key-yo Meaning: literally translates to the floating world; living in the moment, detached from the bothers of life
Meraki (n.)
Origin: Greek Pronunciation: may-rah-kee Meaning: to do something with soul, creativity, and love; when you leave a piece of yourself in your work
Wabi-sabi (n.)
Origin: Japanese Pronunciation: wabe-sabe Meaning: finding beauty in imperfections; an acceptance of things as they are
Vorfreude (n.)
Origin: German Pronunciation: vor-froy-dah Meaning: the joyful, intense anticipation that comes from imagining future pleasures
Cosmopolitan (n.)
Origin: English Pronunciation: koz-muh-pahl-i-ten Meaning: belonging to all the world; not limited to just one part of the world; someone who has traveled a lot and feels at home in any part of the world
Peregrinate (v.)
Origin: Middle English Pronunciation: per-i-gruh-neyt Meaning: to travel or wander from place to place
Sojourn (n.)
Origin: Latin Pronunciation: soh-jurn Meaning: a temporary stay
Shinrin-yoku (n.)
Origin: Japanese Pronunciation: shin-rin-yo-ku Meaning: literally translates to forest bathing; a leisurely trip to the forest for recreation, relaxation, meditation, and therapy
Origin: Thai Pronunciation: ti-eow Meaning: to wander or roam around in a carefree way
Origin: Serbian Pronunciation: mir-ak Meaning: enjoyment of the simple things in life; the feeling of bliss and sense of oneness with the universe that comes from the simplest of pleasures; the pursuit of small, daily pleasures that all add up to a great sense of happiness and fulfillment
Dépaysement (n.)
Origin: French Pronunciation: de-pe-iz-ma Meaning: the feeling that comes from not being in one’s home country; disorientation due to experience of unfamiliar surroundings; being out of your element like a fish out of water
Itinerant (n.)
Origin: Latin Pronunciation: ai-ti-nr-uhnt Meaning: one who travels from place to place
Numinous (adj.)
Origin: Latin Pronunciation: noo-muh-nuhs Meaning: having a strong religious or spiritual or supernatural quality; indicating or suggesting the presence of divinity; describing an experience that makes you fearful yet fascinated, wed yet attracted – the powerful, personal feeling of being overwhelmed and inspired
Heimweh (n.)
Origin: German Pronunciation: haim-ve Meaning: homesickness; nostalgia; a longing for home
Sprachgefühl (n.)
Origin: German Pronunciation: shprahkh-guh-fyl Meaning: the character and spirit of a language; an intuitive sense of the rule and rhythm of language
Mångata (n.)
Origin: Swedish Pronunciation: mo-an-gaa-tah Meaning: the glimmering, roadlike reflection of the moonlight on water
Dromomania (n.)
Origin: Greek Pronunciation: dro-mo-ma-nia Meaning: an uncontrollable impulse or desire to wander or travel
Sehnsucht (n.)
Origin: German Pronunciation: zen-zukt Meaning: the inconsolable longing in the human heart for we know not what; a yearning for a far, familiar, non-earthly land one can identify as one’s home
Dérive (v.)
Origin: French Pronunciation: de-rive Meaning: literally translates to drift; a spontaneous and unplanned journey where the traveler leaves their life behind for a time to let the spirit of the landscape and architecture attract and move them
Absquatulate (v.)
Origin: English Pronunciation: ab-skwoch-uh-leyt Meaning: to leave abruptly without saying goodbye
Thalassophile (n.)
Origin: Greek Pronunciation: thal-as-o-fahyl Meaning: a lover of the sea; someone who loves the sea or ocean
Yoko meshi (n.)
Origin: Japanese Pronunciation: yoh-koh-mesh-ee Meaning: literally translates to a meal eaten sideways; refers to the peculiar stress of speaking a foreign language
Forelsket (v.)
Origin: Norwegian Pronunciation: phor-rel-sket Meaning: the euphoria you experience when you are first falling in love
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Rückkehrunruhe (n.)
Origin: The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows Pronunciation: rukee-ren-ruhee Meaning: the feeling of returning home after an immersive trip only to find it fading rapidly from your awareness—to the extent you have to keep reminding yourself that it happened at all, even though it felt so vivid just days ago—which makes you wish you could smoothly cross-dissolve back into everyday life, or just hold the shutter open indefinitely and let one scene become superimposed on the next, so all your days would run together and you’d never have to call cut.
Eudaimonia (n.)
Origin: Greek Pronunciation: u-de-mon-e-a Meaning: literally translates to human flourishing; a contented state of being happy, healthy, and prosperous
Sturmfrei (adj.)
Origin: German Pronunciation: stirm-fra Meaning: literally translates to storm-free; the freedom of not being watched by a parent or superior; being alone in a place and having the ability to do what you want
Origin: Mandarin Chinese Pronunciation: yu-yi Meaning: the desire to see with fresh eyes, and feel things just as powerfully as you did when you were younger-before expectations, before memory, before words
Photophile (n.)
Origin: English Pronunciation: pho-to-phile Meaning: Derived from the biological term “photophilic” for an organism that thrives in full light, it means a person who loves photography and light
Traipse (v.)
Origin: Unknown Pronunciation: trayps Meaning: to walk or go aimlessly or idly or without finding or reaching one’s goal
Neophile (n.)
Origin: Greek Pronunciation: neo-phile Meaning: one who loves or has a strong affinity for anything new or novel
Ballagàrraidh (n.)
Origin: The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows Pronunciation: bal-la-ga-rye Meaning: the awareness that you are not at home in the wilderness
Vacilando (v.)
Origin: Spanish Pronunciation: vah-see-lan-doh Meaning: to wander or travel with the knowledge that the journey is more important than the destination
Quaquaversal (adj.)
Origin: Latin Pronunciation: kwey-kwuh-vur-sul Meaning: moving or happening in every direction instantaneously
Coddiwomple (v.)
Origin: English Pronunciation: kod-ee-wom-pul Meaning: to travel in a purposeful manner towards a vague destination
Vemödalen (n.)
Origin: The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows Pronunciation: ve-mo-da-len Meaning: the fear that everything has already been done
“The frustration of photographing something amazing when thousands of identical photos already exist—the same sunset, the same waterfall, the same curve of a hip, the same closeup of an eye—which can turn a unique subject into something hollow and pulpy and cheap, like a mass-produced piece of furniture you happen to have assembled yourself.”
Commuovere (v.)
Origin: Italian Pronunciation: com-muo-ve-re Meaning: a story that touches or stirs you and moves you to tears
Natsukashii (adj.)
Origin: Japanese Pronunciation: nat-soo-kash-ee Meaning: of some small thing that brings you suddenly, joyously back to fond memories, not with a wistful longing for what’s past, but with an appreciation of the good times
Querencia (n.)
Origin: Spanish Pronunciation: keh-rehn-syah Meaning: a place from which one’s strength is drawn, where one feels at home; the place where you are your most authentic self
Novaturient (adj.)
Origin: Latin Pronunciation: no-vah-ter-y-ent Meaning: desiring or seeking powerful change in one’s life, behavior, or situation
Komorebi (n.)
Origin: Japanese Pronunciation: koh-moh-ray-bee Meaning: sunlight that filters through the leaves of trees
Flâneur (n.)
Origin: French Pronunciation: flah-nœr Meaning: one who strolls around aimlessly but enjoyably, observing life and his surroundings
Hanyauku (v.)
Origin: Kwangali Pronunciation: ha-ahn-yoh-kuu Meaning: to walk on tiptoes across the warm sand
Dès Vu (n.)
Origin: Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows Pronunciation: des-vu Meaning: the awareness that this will become a memory
Gallivant (v.)
Origin: English Pronunciation: gal-uh-vant Meaning: go around from one place to another in the pursuit of pleasure or entertainment
Nefelibata (n.)
Origin: Portuguese Pronunciation: ne-fe-le-ba-ta Meaning: literally translates to cloud-walker; one who lives in the clouds of their own imagination or dreams, or one who does not obey the conventions of society, literature, or art; an unconventional or unorthodox person
Petrichor (n.)
Origin: English Pronunciation: pet-ri-kawr Meaning: a distinctive scent, usually described as earthy, pleasant, or sweet, produced by rainfall on very dry ground; the smell of earth after rain
Circumnavigate (v.)
Origin: Latin Pronunciation: suh-kuhm-na-vuh-gayt Meaning: to sail or travel all the way around the world
Hitoritabi (n.)
Origin: Japanese Pronunciation: hitori-tabi Meaning: traveling alone; a solitary journey
Torschlusspanik (n.)
Origin: German Pronunciation: tursh-luss-pan-ik Meaning: literally translates to gate-closing panic; a sense of anxiety or fear caused by the feeling that life’s opportunities are passing by and diminishing as one ages
Globetrotter (n.)
Origin: English Pronunciation: globe-trawt-uh Meaning: a person who travels widely
Menggonceng (v.)
Origin: Indonesian Pronunciation: menggon-ceng Meaning: to travel by getting a free ride, usually on the back of a friend’s bicycle
Vagabond (n.)
Origin : Old French Pronunciation: va-guh-baand Meaning: a person who wanders from place to place without a home or job
Gemütlichkeit (n.)
Origin: German Pronunciation: guh-myt-likh-kahyt Meaning: a feeling of cozy warmth, friendliness, and good cheer with a sense of belonging
Erlebnisse (n.)
Origin: German Pronunciation: ayr-leeb-nis-eh Meaning: an experience that one feels most deeply, and, in a sense, ‘lives through’ – not just mere life experience, but something memorable which happens to someone
Livslogga (v.)
Origin: Swedish Pronunciation: Meaning: literally translates to life log; continually capturing and documenting one’s life through pictures
Poudrerie (n.)
Origin: French Pronunciation: pu-dre-ri Meaning: fallen snow blown by the wind from the ground, appearing like fine powdery particles across the streets and highways
Yeoubi (n.)
Origin: Korean Pronunciation: yu-bi Meaning: literally translates to fox rain; a sunshower – the event of having a light rain while the sun is still shining
Morriña (n.)
Origin: Galician Pronunciation: mo-rina Meaning: a very deep, nostalgic, and melancholic homesickness experienced as one intensely longs to return home; “a ‘saudade’ so strong it can even kill”
Víðsýni (adj.)
Origin: Icelandic Pronunciation: vith-see-nee Meaning: a panoramic view
Xenophilia (n.)
Origin: Greek Pronunciation: zen-uh-fil-ee-uh Meaning: love for, attraction to, or appreciation of foreign people, manners, customs, or cultures
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Globetrotter’s Glossary Of Travel Terms
Wanderlust is a concept that underpins many of the other terms on this list. It is defined as “a strong, innate desire to rove or travel about.”
As Vladimir Nabokov alluded to in his first novel Mary , wanderlust often takes hold in the months leading up to summer: “Nostalgia in reverse, the longing for yet another strange land, grew especially strong in spring.”
A wayfarer is someone who travels, especially on foot.
The term entered English in the mid-1400s as a combination of way meaning “a path or course leading from one place to another,” and fare , a verb meaning “to go; travel.”
Ray-Ban borrowed this poetic-sounding word as the name for their classic model of sunglasses, which took the 1980s by storm thanks in part to Tom Cruise, who famously sported them in the iconic 1980s film Risky Business , and Canadian crooner Corey Hart who invited a generation to consider the merits of sporting shades post-nightfall with his hit single “Sunglasses at Night.”
cosmopolitan
As an adjective, cosmopolitan means “at home all over the world,” and as a noun, “a citizen of the world.”
It can be traced to the philosopher and mathematician Pythagoras, who first applied the Greek term kosmos to the order of the universe or world. The Stoics of ancient Greece developed an ideology of cosmopolitanism that broke from assumptions of Greek superiority, emphasizing instead a shared morality among all people.
Surprising as it may be, the Stoics are not responsible for the pink cocktail that gained notoriety during the run of Sex and the City ; this potable sense of cosmopolitan arose a couple millennia later in the mid-1980s.
Sometimes a weekend getaway can satisfy one’s wanderlust, but other times a longer stay or sojourn is in order. This word can function as a noun or a verb, with senses of “a temporary stay” and “to stay for a time in a place; live temporarily,” respectively.
It can be traced to the Latin word subdiurnare , which translates roughly as “to spend the day.”
Today’s definition of traipse emphasizes an easygoing manner of travel: “to walk or go aimlessly or idly or without finding or reaching one’s goal.”
But, over the course of its lifetime, traipse has emphasized elements of untidiness, as in the following definition from Oxford English Dictionary : “to walk with the dress trailing or bedraggled.” An association with gender also shows up in the related word trape , a now-obsolete verb meaning “to walk or run about in an ideal or slatternly manner”; slattern is a pejorative term for a slovenly, untidy woman or girl.
globetrotter
In addition to describing a theatrical basketball player who calls Harlem home, the word globetrotter can refer to a person who travels regularly or frequently to countries all over the world.
A trot is a gait of horses that’s in between a walk and a run. By the mid-1500s, the word trotter was being used to refer to a person who moves about briskly and constantly. Globetrotter emerged in English three centuries later, in the late 1800s, as technologies were evolving on land and on sea that facilitated travel of a more frequent and widespread variety.
peregrinate
This term means “to travel or journey, especially to walk on foot.” It can be traced to the Latin peregrinari meaning “to travel abroad.”
By the time peregrinate entered English in the late 1500s, English speakers were already using its adjectival cousin for a migratory bird renowned for its speed, the peregrine falcon .
If you prefer epicurean adventures over pilgrimages, gallivant may be your travel term of choice. This word means “to wander about, seeking pleasure or diversion.”
Etymologists posit that the term could be a humorous variation of the verb gallant . Both of these verbs carry senses involving flirtation, which adds an element of intrigue to any vacation.
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28 Beautiful Travel Words that Describe Wanderlust Perfectly
Describe your travels with these unique and beautiful travel words from different languages around the world.
I love travelling and I love languages, so imagine my excitement when I came across a treasure trove of travel words and wanderlust synonyms that describe how we feel before, during, and after we travel.
Just like a photo can’t fully capture what it feels like to stand on the edge of a fjord , neither can ‘wanderlust’ fully express how we feel when we crave our next adventure. These travel words are literary gems which have been gathered from languages around the world. From Japanese to Swedish , Latin to Greek , travel brochures of the future will be peppered with travel words like of resfeber , livsnjutare, and coddiwomple .
Wanderlust meaning
As you’ll see in the list below, every language has its own variation of how it explains and defines what wanderlust is. In English, wanderlust means to have a strong desire for or impulse to travel, wander and explore the world.
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During these times it can be bittersweet to think about travelling when we have to stay at home and practice social distancing, let this list of wanderlust-filled words inspire you to a learn a language from home and prepare yourself for your next trip. Being travel fluent is the best way to enrich your travel experiences.
Without further ado, here are 28 beautiful travel words you should slip into your vocabulary. When you’re done, take and look at this collection of inspirational travel quotes . I’d love to hear which ones are your favourites in the comment section below.
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- Eleutheromania
- Quaquaversal
- Schwellenangst
- Strikhedonia
- Livsnjutare
- Novaturient
- Coddiwomple
1. Resfeber (n.)
Origin: Swedish
Definition: The meaning of resfeber refers to the restless race of the traveller’s heart before the journey begins when anxiety and anticipation are tangled together.
It’s that moment just after you buy your plane tickets and excitement and fear floods in all at once, creating a mixture of emotions that make you feel anxious or physically ill.
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2. Sonder (v.)
Origin: Unknown
Definition: The realisation that each passerby is living a life as complex as your own.
The full definition, taken from The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows reads:
[Sonder is] the realization that each random passerby is living a life as vivid and complex as your own—populated with their own ambitions, friends, routines, worries, and inherited craziness—an epic story that continues invisibly around you like an anthill sprawling deep underground, with elaborate passageways to thousands of other lives that you’ll never know existed, in which you might appear only once, as an extra sipping coffee in the background, as a blur of traffic passing on the highway, as a lighted window at dusk.
I often feel this way when I pass groups of strangers, speaking a language that is completely foreign to me, and realise just how incredibly big the world is. We all have a life that is full of different connections, memories and possibilities. That’s sonder.
The internet suggests this may not be a real word, either way, the concept is beautiful.
3. Solivagant (adj.)
Origin: Latin
Definition: Wandering alone. A solitary adventurer who travels or wanders the globe.
Not all those who wander are lost, but all those who wander alone are definitely solivagants . From the Latin word solivagus , meaning lonely or solitary, solivagant describes anyone who enjoys meandering around new countries, alone, in order to take it all in.
4. Fernweh (n.)
Origin: German
Definition: This German word,means an ache to get away and travel to a distant place, a feeling even stronger than wanderlust. If wanderlust wasn’t poetic enough for you, allow me to present fernweh , a German word that literally translates to “distance-sickness.”
While someone with wanderlust might sit at home and happily fantasise about all the places they might visit, someone with fernweh would feel a deeper sense of longing, a sort of homesickness but for foreign lands. For me, it’s wanting to be back in Rome . Fernweh is one of most those beautiful untranslatable words I’ve ever come across.
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5. Sehnsucht (n.)
Definition: A wistful longing and yearning in the heart for travels past and future.
One author translated it as the “ inconsolable longing in the human heart for we know not what .” Another compared it to “ a longing for a far-off country, but not one which we could identify.”
When you return from travelling and wish you could do it all over again and experience every moment like it was the first.
6. Eleutheromania (n.)
Origin: Greek
Definition: An intense and irresistible desire for freedom.
We all want to be free, and travelling shows us how the freedom in the lives of others that is different from our own. Eleutheromania describes a person who has a strong desire and obsession for freedom.
7. Cockaigne (n.)
Origin: French , Middle French
Definition: An imaginary land of luxury and idleness.
Every destination seem like a wonderland or cockaigne before you set foot there and see it for yourself.
The term c ockaigne ” comes from the Middle French phrase pais de cocaigne, which literally means “the land of plenty.” The word was first popularised in a 13th-century French poem that is known in English as “The Land of Cockaigne.”
8. Quaquaversal (adj.)
Definition: Moving or happening in every direction instantaneously.
This perfectly describes my state when I’m in a new place and want to see and do everything at once.
9. Dérive (n)
Origin: French
Definition: A spontaneous and unplanned journey where the traveller leaves their life behind allows themselves to be guided by the landscape and architecture.
Literally translated as “drift”, dérive is the idea that even if you drift you will end up on the right path. This could describe life in general, but it also describes small journeys. When you’re wandering through a new city and you just happen to wander on a path that takes you to great discoveries.
10. Ecophobia (n.)
Origin: English
Definition: This word came into English word via Greek and means a fear or dislike of one’s home.
I don’t dislike my home, but recently I can’t stop thinking about going back to Lofoten, Norway.
11. Numinous (adj.)
Definition: A powerful feeling of both fear and fascination, of being in awe and overwhelmed by what is before you.
Originally, this word refers to having a strong religious or spiritual quality; but it can also be used to describe how you feel when you see things that are so beautiful that you realise how wonderful the world is and the small part you play in it. Hiking Trolltunga was a numinous moment for me.
12. Schwellenangst (n.)
Definition: Fear of crossing a threshold to begin a new chapter.
From s chwelle (“threshold”) and a ngst (“anxiety”), this word explains that feeling you get before deciding to set out on a new journey. Argh! Did I make the right decision?
13. Strikhedonia (n.)
Definition: The pleasure of being able to say “to hell with it”.
Another personal favourite word on this list. Not only is it the joy I feel, but the freedom to be able to say “to hell with it” and book that next trip and embark on your next adventure.
14. Vagary (v.)
Definition: A whimsical or roaming journey.
From Latin, vagārī meaning “ to roam”, is an unpredictable idea, desire or action to travelling without knowing the destination, and not caring.
15. Livsnjutare (n)
Definition: Literally meaning, “enjoyer of life”, this describes a person who loves life deeply and lives it to the extreme.
If you’re reading this, that’s probably you! Need more inspiration?
16. Commuovere (v.)
Origin: Italian
Definition: To stir, to touch, to move to tears.
Just like the euphoric emotions I felt whilst whale watching.
17. Sturmfrei (adj.)
Definition: The freedom of being alone and being able to do what you want.
Literally translating to “stormfree”, this describes the freedom of not being watched by others and being alone in a place where you have the freedom and ability to do what you want.
Another great German word. Travelling solo can be especially rewarding because you have complete control. No compromises, no one else to please. Just you and the big wide world.
18. Saudade (n.)
Origin: Portuguese
Definition: This Portuguese word describes the emotional state of nostalgia and longing for someone or something distant. S audade was once described as “the love that remains” after someone is gone.
Saudade is the recollection of feelings, experiences, places, or events that brought excitement and happiness but now triggers the senses and makes one live again.
19. Yūgen (n.)
Origin: Japanese
Definition: A profound and mysterious sense of the beauty of the universe.
An awareness of the Universe that triggers emotional responses too deep and powerful for words.
20. Acatalepsy (n.)
Definition: The impossibility of comprehending the universe.
Henry Miller said “ One’s destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things. ” Do we ever really understand the world and what we see on our travels, and how they mould us? Sometimes, if at all, it takes time to discover how these things change our lives.
21. Trouvaille (n.)
Definition: A chance encounter with something wonderful.
Whether it’s stumbling across a hidden back street, a quaint cafe, or connecting with a local, trouvaille describes those magical moments we experience in our journeys.
22. Hygge (n.)
Origin: Danish
Definition: Pronounced hue-guh , hygge describes the warm feeling you get while enjoying the company of great friends and all life has to offer.
Hygge is the conscious appreciation of recognising everything you have and enjoying to the present moment.
23. Onism (n.)
Definition: The world is a big place as not everyone will get to see it. Onism describes understanding that we’ll never get to see it all. It’s the frustration of being stuck in just one body that can only inhabit one place at a time. I felt this way before going to Copenhagen !
Similar to the Swedish word ‘resfeber’, onism describes the feeling of knowing that you’ll never be able to see it all. They say that the more you travel, the harder it gets to stay in one place.
24. Novaturient (adj.)
Definition: A desire to change and alter your life.
This was exactly how I felt when I quit my job and moved to Rome . There was this strong urge that pulled me towards my dream of pursuing a life of speaking Italian and travelling. I knew I wouldn’t be living my life if I didn’t go.
25. Yoko meshi (n.)
Definition: This untranslatable gem describes the stress of speaking a foreign language .
The Japanese word ‘meshi’ literally means ‘boiled rice’ and ‘yoko’ means ‘horizontal,’ together it means ‘a meal eaten sideways.’ The Japanese have created a beautiful way of describing the unique kind of stress you experience when speaking a foreign language. Furthermore, ‘yoko’ also references the fact that Japanese is normally written vertically, whereas most foreign languages are written horizontally. Clever, right?
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26. Selcouth (adj.)
Origin: Old English
Definition: When everything you see and experience is unfamiliar and strange, yet you find it marvellous anyway.
It’s that feeling you get when you travel to a foreign land and food, culture, customs, or language, is strange and different to everything you’ve experienced before, yet you love it and find it fascinating.
27. Eudaimonia (n.)
Definition: A state of being happy whilst travelling and everything feels great.
That intense excitement and appreciation when you travel and everything feels great. Seeing the Northern Lights was one of the best experiences of my life, a feeling I won’t forget.
28. Coddiwomple (v.)
Origin: English slang
Definition: To travel purposefully towards an unknown destination.
A brilliant word, coddiwomple is when you have a vague idea of your destination within a care for how long it takes to arrive. A great example is when you go hiking, you know you’ll eventually reach the summit, but every part of the trail along the way is just as beautiful. Like the time I hiked Norway’s Trolltunga.
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Amazing list! One word I’d add is the Dutch word “gezellig” or “gezelligheid” – similarly to hygge, it describes a feeling of warmth/comfort/coziness/quaintness in certain settings or around certain people.
Thank you so much for sharing this Heba. So interesting to learn that Dutch has a similar word 🙂
This is such a fun article! Love these words and phrases!
Glad to hear it! Thank you so much, Eric 🙂
So many of these describe me or my feelings about seeing the world. But, if I had to pick one, the one that best describes how I choose my destinations would be “selcouth”. I so want to be a stranger in a strange land. To have my belief that there is no such thing as “normal” affirmed again and again and over again.
What a beautiful word. Thanks for sharing, Janet 🙂
Thanks Michele what a wonderful list of inspirational words. It nearly made me cry as I realised that I suffer from acute eleutheromania! ha
Thanks Juliana 🙂 I’m so glad you enjoyed this list. Eleutheromania? I know how you feel hehe
Unique list i must say – If you want to add one more word than check this !
In Hindi language (India) traveler called as “Musafir”
thanks Niraj 🙂
Thanks for sharing this! Really enjoyed it a lot ❤
Thanks Donah, I’m so glad you enjoyed it 😉
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4. Fernweh (n.) Origin: German. Definition: This German word,means an ache to get away and travel to a distant place, a feeling even stronger than wanderlust. If wanderlust wasn't poetic enough for you, allow me to present fernweh, a German word that literally translates to "distance-sickness.".