All tour synonyms
tour
T t verb tour
- whistlestop β (US, dated) A minor railway station at which a train would stop if requested.
- adventured β Simple past tense and past participle of adventure.
- comes around β to approach or move toward a particular person or place: Come here. Don't come any closer!
- hit the trail β (Idiomatic) To leave or depart.
- look on β to turn one's eyes toward something or in some direction in order to see: He looked toward the western horizon and saw the returning planes.
- muckrake β to search for and expose real or alleged corruption, scandal, or the like, especially in politics.
- junketing β Present participle of junket.
- girdled β a lightweight undergarment, worn especially by women, often partly or entirely of elastic or boned, for supporting and giving a slimmer appearance to the abdomen, hips, and buttocks.
- footslog β to go on foot through or as if through mud.
- barnstorm β When people such as politicians or performers barnstorm, they travel around the country making speeches or giving shows.
- motored β pertaining to or operated by a motor.
- ensphere β (transitive) To place in a sphere; to envelop.
- footed β having a foot or feet (often used in combination): a four-footed animal.
- circuited β Simple past tense and past participle of circuit.
- gunning β a weapon consisting of a metal tube, with mechanical attachments, from which projectiles are shot by the force of an explosive; a piece of ordnance.
- call on β If you call on someone to do something or call upon them to do it, you say publicly that you want them to do it.
- girdling β a lightweight undergarment, worn especially by women, often partly or entirely of elastic or boned, for supporting and giving a slimmer appearance to the abdomen, hips, and buttocks.
- circuiting β Present participle of circuit.
- locomote β to move about, especially under one's own power.
- motoring β a comparatively small and powerful engine, especially an internal-combustion engine in an automobile, motorboat, or the like.
- muckraking β to search for and expose real or alleged corruption, scandal, or the like, especially in politics.
- campaign β A campaign is a planned set of activities that people carry out over a period of time in order to achieve something such as social or political change.
- backpacking β If you go backpacking, you go travelling with a backpack.
- leave no stone unturned β the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- explore β Travel in or through (an unfamiliar country or area) in order to learn about or familiarize oneself with it.
- get through β to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
- adventuring β the act of doing adventurous things or having adventures
noun tour
- expedition β A journey or voyage undertaken by a group of people with a particular purpose, especially that of exploration, scientific research, or war.
- hike β to walk or march a great distance, especially through rural areas, for pleasure, exercise, military training, or the like.
- cruise β A cruise is a holiday during which you travel on a ship or boat and visit a number of places.
- anabases β any small fish of the genus Anabas, of ponds and swamps in Africa and southeastern Asia.
- melioration β Historical Linguistics. semantic change in a word to a more approved or more respectable meaning. Compare pejoration (def 2).
- anabasis β the march of Cyrus the Younger and his Greek mercenaries from Sardis to Cunaxa in Babylonia in 401 bc, described by Xenophon in his Anabasis
- inning β Usually, ins. persons in office or political power (distinguished from outs).
- flight β an act or instance of fleeing or running away; hasty departure.
- weeks β a period of seven successive days, usually understood as beginning with Sunday and ending with Saturday.
- globetrotting β to travel throughout the world, especially regularly or frequently.
- footfall β a footstep.
- day trip β A day trip is a journey to a place and back again on the same day, usually for pleasure.
- exploration β The action of traveling in or through an unfamiliar area in order to learn about it.
- go around β an act or instance of going around something, as a circle, course, or traffic pattern, and returning to the starting point.
- circuition β (archaic) The act of going round; a circuit, an encircling.
- month β Also called calendar month. any of the twelve parts, as January or February, into which the calendar year is divided.
- bout β If you have a bout of an illness or of an unpleasant feeling, you have it for a short period.
- jaunt β a short journey, especially one taken for pleasure.
- circumnavigation β to sail or fly around; make the circuit of by navigation: to circumnavigate the earth.
- itinerary β a detailed plan for a journey, especially a list of places to visit; plan of travel.
- wanderings β Plural form of wandering.
- year β a period of 365 or 366 days, in the Gregorian calendar, divided into 12 calendar months, now reckoned as beginning Jan. 1 and ending Dec. 31 (calendar year or civil year) Compare common year, leap year.