'Journey' definitions:
Definition of 'journey'
From: WordNet
noun
The act of traveling from one place to another [syn: journey, journeying]
verb
Undertake a journey or trip [syn: travel, journey]
verb
Travel upon or across; "travel the oceans" [syn: travel, journey]
Definition of 'Journey'
From: GCIDE
- Journey \Jour"ney\, v. t. To traverse; to travel over or through. [R.] "I journeyed many a land." --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Journey'
From: GCIDE
- Journey \Jour"ney\, n.; pl. Journeys. [OE. jornee, journee, prop., a day's journey, OF. jorn['e]e, jurn['e]e, a day, a day's work of journey, F. journ['e]e, fr. OF. jorn, jurn, jor a day, F. jour, fr. L. diurnus. See Journal.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. The travel or work of a day. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- We have yet large day, for scarce the sun Hath finished half his journey. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Travel or passage from one place to another, especially one covering a large distance or taking a long time. [1913 Webster]
- The good man . . . is gone a long journey. --Prov. vii. 19. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Hence: [figurative], A passage through life, or a passage through any significant experience, or from one state to another. [1913 Webster +PJC]
- We must all have the same journey's end. --Bp. Stillingfleet.
- 4. The distance that is traveled in a journey[2], or the time taken to complete a journey[2]; as, it's a two-day journey from the oasis into Cairo by camel; from Mecca to Samarkand is quite a journey. [PJC]
- Syn: Tour; excursion; trip; expedition; pilgrimage; jaunt.
- Usage: Journey, Tour, Excursion, Pilgrimage. The word journey suggests the idea of a somewhat prolonged traveling for a specific object, leading a person to pass directly from one point to another. In a tour, we take a roundabout course from place to place, more commonly for pleasure, though sometimes on business. An excursion is usually a brief tour or trip for pleasure, health, etc. In a pilgrimage we travel to a place hallowed by our religions affections, or by some train of sacred or tender associations. A journey on important business; the tour of Europe; an excursion to the lakes; a pilgrimage to the Holy Land. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Journey'
From: GCIDE
- Journey \Jour"ney\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Journeyed; p. pr. & vb. n. Journeying.] To travel from place to place; to go from home to a distance. [1913 Webster]
- Abram journeyed, going on still toward the south. --Gen. xii. 9. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Journey'
From: Easton
- Journey
- A day's journey in the East is from 16 to 20 miles (Num. 11:31).
- A Sabbath-day's journey is 2,000 paces or yards from the city walls (Acts 1:12). According to Jewish tradition, it was the distance one might travel without violating the law of Ex. 16:29. (See SABBATH.)
Synonyms of 'journey'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- campaign,
- career,
- circuit,
- course,
- cruise,
- excursion,
- expedition,
- fare,
- gad about,
- gallivant,
- globe-trot,
- go,
- go abroad,
- go on safari,
- go overseas,
- grand tour,
- hie,
- hit the trail,
- jaunt,
- journeyings,
- journeys,
- junket,
- make a journey,
- make a pilgrimage,
- make a trip,
- odyssey,
- outing,
- package tour,
- pass,
- passage,
- passing,
- peregrinate,
- peregrination,
- peregrinations,
- peripatetics,
- pilgrim,
- pilgrimage,
- pleasure trip,
- proceed,
- process,
- progress,
- push on,
- range,
- range the world,
- repair,
- roam,
- round trip,
- route,
- rove,
- rubberneck,
- rubberneck tour,
- run,
- safari,
- sally,
- shoot,
- sight-see,
- stalk,
- take a trip,
- take the road,
- tour,
- transit,
- transition,
- travel,
- travels,
- trek,
- trip,
- turn,
- voyage,
- voyagings,
- wander,
- wanderings,
- way,
- wayfare,
- wend