English verb: travel | |||
1. | travel (motion) change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically | ||
Samples | How fast does your new car go?. We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus. The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect. The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell. News travelled fast. | ||
Examples | They travel the countryside, They travel in the countryside | ||
Synonyms | go, locomote, move | ||
Pattern of use | Something ----s. Somebody ----s. Something is ----ing PP. Somebody ----s PP | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | accompany, advance, angle, arise, ascend, automobile, back, bang, be adrift, beetle, belt along, betake oneself, billow, blow, bounce, breeze, bucket along, cannonball along, caravan, career, carry, cast, change, circle, circle, circuit, circulate, circulate, circulate, come, come, come down, come up, come up, continue, crank, crawl, creep, cruise, derail, descend, do, drag, draw, draw back, drift, drift, drift, drive, drive, ease, err, fall, fall, fall, ferry, float, float, float, flock, fly, fly, follow, follow, follow, forge, get about, get around, ghost, glide, go across, go around, go around, go by, go down, go forward, go on, go past, go through, go up, go up, hasten, hie, hiss, hotfoot, hurry, hurtle, island hop, jounce, journey, jump, lance, lead, lift, lurch, march on, meander, motor, move around, move around, move back, move on, move up, outflank, overfly, pace, pan, pass, pass, pass by, pass on, pass over, pelt along, play, plough, plow, prance, precede, precess, proceed, progress, propagate, pull away, pull back, pursue, push, race, raft, ramble, range, recede, repair, resort, retire, retreat, retreat, retrograde, return, ride, ride, ride, rise, roam, roll, roll, round, rove, run, run, rush, rush along, scramble, seek, shack, shuttle, sift, sit, ski, slice into, slice through, slide, slither, snowshoe, speed, speed, speed, spirt, spread, spurt, steam, steamer, step, step, step, step on it, stray, stray, surpass, swan, swap, swash, swim, swim, swim, swing, take the air, taxi, thread, trail, tram, tramp, transfer, travel, travel, travel, travel along, travel by, travel purposefully, travel rapidly, tread, trundle, turn, uprise, vagabond, walk, walk, wander, wander, weave, wend, wheel, whine, whish, whisk, whistle, whoosh, wind, wing, withdraw, zigzag, zip, zoom | ||
Verb group | displace, move | ||
Antonyms | stay in place | ||
2. | travel (motion) undertake a journey or trip | ||
Examples | They travel | ||
Synonyms | journey | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s somebody PP | ||
Broader (hypernym) | jaunt, travel, trip | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | globe-trot, navigate, sail, sledge, tour, trek, trek, voyage | ||
Verb group | journey, travel | ||
3. | travel (motion) make a trip for pleasure | ||
Synonyms | jaunt, trip | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s somebody PP | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | commute, journey, junket, junketeer, peregrinate, ply, run, travel, travel to, visit | ||
Cause | go, locomote, move, travel | ||
4. | travel (motion) travel upon or across | ||
Samples | Travel the oceans. | ||
Synonyms | journey | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | go, locomote, move, travel | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | cruise, fly, ride, sail, ship | ||
Verb group | journey, travel | ||
5. | travel (motion) undergo transportation as in a vehicle | ||
Samples | We travelled North on Rte. 508. | ||
Pattern of use | Something ----s. Somebody ----s. Something is ----ing PP. Somebody ----s PP | ||
Broader (hypernym) | go, locomote, move, travel | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | fly, hop, ride | ||
6. | travel (motion) travel from place to place, as for the purpose of finding work, preaching, or acting as a judge | ||
Synonyms | move around | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s | ||
Broader (hypernym) | go, locomote, move, travel | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | itinerate | ||