Expeditions Synonyms and Antonyms

The property of being prompt and efficient
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. dispatches
  2. hurries
  3. speeds
Antonyms:
  1. blockages
  2. stoppages
  3. halts
  4. delays
  5. hindrances
Those who undertake travel
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. safaris
  2. caravans
  3. patrols
  4. teams
  5. companies
  6. bands
  7. parties

Words Related to Expeditions

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Expeditions Sentence Examples

  • They were a warlike race, addicted to plundering expeditions.

  • In Asia they held Asia Minor and Syria, had sent expeditions into Arabia, and were acquainted with the more distant countries formerly invaded by Alexander, including Persia, Scythia, Bactria and India.

  • Before the Roman legions were sent into a new region to extend the limits of the empire, it was usual to send out exploring expeditions to report as to the nature of the country.

  • Actual or projected routes for telegraph cables across the deep sea have also been sounded with extreme accuracy in many cases; but beyond these lines of sounding the vast spaces of the ocean remain unplumbed save for the rare researches of scientific expeditions, such as those of the " Challenger," the " Valdivia," the " Albatross " and the " Scotia."

  • Eight British government expeditions for observing total solar eclipses were conducted by him between 1870 and 1905.

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