Synonyms of the word

excursion

• n. A brief recreational trip; a journey out of the usual way.
• v. (intransitive) To go on a recreational trip or excursion.

digression

• n. A departure from the subject, course, or idea at hand; an exploration of a different or unrelated concern.

expedition

• n. (obsolete) The act of expediting something; prompt execution.
• n. A military journey; an enterprise against some enemy or into enemy territory.
• n. (now rare) The quality of being expedite; speed, quickness.
• n. (military) An important or long journey, for example a march or a voyage.
• n. A trip, especially a long one, made by a person or a group of people for a specific purpose.
• n. The group of people making such excursion.

jaunt

• n. (archaic) A wearisome journey.
• n. A short excursion for pleasure or refreshment; a ramble; a short journey.
• v. (intransitive) To ramble here and there; to stroll; to make an excursion.
• v. (intransitive) To ride on a jaunting car.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To jolt; to jounce.

journey

• n. A set amount of travelling, seen as a single unit; a discrete trip, a voyage.
• n. (obsolete) A day.
• n. (obsolete) A day's travelling; the distance travelled in a day.
• n. (obsolete) A day's work.
• v. To travel, to make a trip or voyage.

journeying

• v. present participle of journey.
• n. travel, travelling.

junket

• n. (obsolete) A basket.
• n. A type of cream cheese, originally made in a rush basket; later, a food made of sweetened curds or rennet.
• n. (obsolete) A delicacy.
• n. A feast or banquet.
• n. A pleasure-trip; a journey made for feasting or enjoyment, now especially a trip made ostensibly for business…
• n. (gambling) 20-40 table gaming rooms for which the capacity and limits change daily. Junket rooms are often…
• v. To go on or attend a junket.

outing

• n. A pleasure trip or excursion.
• n. An appearance to perform in public, for example in a drama, film, on a musical album, as a sports contestant…
• n. The practice of publicly revealing that a person is homosexual without that person's consent.
• v. present participle of out.

sashay

• n. A chassé.
• n. A sequence of sideways steps in a circle in square dancing.
• v. (intransitive) To walk casually or showily; to strut, swagger or flounce.
• v. (intransitive) To chassé when dancing.
• v. (intransitive) To move sideways.