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expedition

[ek-spi-dish-uhn] / ˌɛk spɪˈdɪʃ ən /
NOUN
journey; people on a journey
Synonyms
STRONGEST
caravan crew cruise crusade excursion exploration jaunt outing patrol quest safari squadron tour travel trek trip undertaking
STRONG
campaign cavalcade company crowd enterprise explorers fleet junket mission party peregrination picnic posse swing team travellers voyage voyagers wayfarers
WEAK
entrada
Antonyms
WEAK
blockage delay halt hindrance slowing stoppage
NOUN
speed; speeding up
Synonyms
STRONG
alacrity celerity dispatch expeditiousness goodwill haste hurry hustle promptitude promptness punctuality quickness rapidity readiness swiftness
Antonyms
STRONG
delay rest slowness
WEAK
blockage halt hindrance slowing stoppage

Example Sentences

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Glover wasn’t really supposed to be the first Black person to serve on an ISS expedition, either.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026

Are you catching the August eclipse from an expedition cruise in the Arctic?

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

A tin of beef dripping that was taken on the first successful Mount Everest expedition has been sold at auction.

From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026

The expedition will travel from Seattle to the Gulf of Alaska and then continue to the subtropical gyre, with a stop in Honolulu, Hawaii.

From Science Daily • Mar. 11, 2026

At the heart of the expedition was the intense planning that went on before any diving took place.

From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.