expedition
English Thesaurus
1. a journey organized for a particular purpose (noun.act)
hypernym | : | journey, journeying, |
definition | : | the act of traveling from one place to another (noun.act) |
hyponym | : | scouting trip, |
definition | : | an expedition undertaken to gain information (noun.act) |
2. a journey taken for pleasure (noun.act)
hypernym | : | journey, journeying, |
definition | : | the act of traveling from one place to another (noun.act) |
hyponym | : | airing, |
definition | : | a short excursion (a walk or ride) in the open air (noun.act) |
hyponym | : | field trip, |
definition | : | a group excursion (to a museum or the woods or some historic place) for firsthand examination (noun.act) |
3. a military campaign designed to achieve a specific objective in a foreign country (noun.act)
hypernym | : | campaign, military campaign, |
definition | : | several related operations aimed at achieving a particular goal (usually within geographical and temporal constraints) (noun.act) |
hyponym | : | crusade, |
definition | : | any of the more or less continuous military expeditions in the 11th to 13th centuries when Christian powers of Europe tried to recapture the Holy Land from the Muslims (noun.act) |
4. the property of being prompt and efficient (noun.attribute)
5. an organized group of people undertaking a journey for a particular purpose (noun.group)
hypernym | : | working group, working party, |
definition | : | a group of people working together temporarily until some goal is achieved (noun.group) |
instance hyponym | : | lewis and clark expedition, |
definition | : | an expedition sent by Thomas Jefferson to explore the northwestern territories of the United States; led by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark; traveled from St. Louis to the mouth of the Columbia River from 1803 to 1806 (noun.group) |
6. a journey taken for pleasure (noun.act)
derivation | : | jaunt, travel, trip, |
definition | : | make a trip for pleasure (verb.motion) |
derivation | : | junket, junketeer, |
definition | : | go on a pleasure trip (verb.motion) |
7. a military campaign designed to achieve a specific objective in a foreign country (noun.act)
derivation | : | expeditionary, |
definition | : | (used of military forces) designed for military operations abroad (adj.all) |
8. the property of being prompt and efficient (noun.attribute)
derivation | : | dispatch, |
definition | : | dispose of rapidly and without delay and efficiently (verb.social) |
derivation | : | expeditious, |
definition | : | marked by speed and efficiency (adj.all) |
9. a journey taken for pleasure (noun.act)
derivation | : | jaunt, travel, trip, |
definition | : | make a trip for pleasure (verb.motion) |
derivation | : | junket, junketeer, |
definition | : | go on a pleasure trip (verb.motion) |
10. a military campaign designed to achieve a specific objective in a foreign country (noun.act)
derivation | : | expeditionary, |
definition | : | (used of military forces) designed for military operations abroad (adj.all) |
11. the property of being prompt and efficient (noun.attribute)
derivation | : | dispatch, |
definition | : | dispose of rapidly and without delay and efficiently (verb.social) |
derivation | : | expeditious, |
definition | : | marked by speed and efficiency (adj.all) |
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