'Voyage' definitions:
Definition of 'voyage'
(from WordNet)
noun
An act of traveling by water [syn: ocean trip, voyage]
noun
A journey to some distant place
verb
Definition of 'Voyage'
From: GCIDE
Definition of 'Voyage'
From: GCIDE
- Voyage \Voy"age\ (?; 48), n. [OE. veage, viage, OF. veage, viage, veiage, voiage, F. voyage, LL. viaticum, fr. L. viaticum traveling money, provision for a journey, from viaticus belonging to a road or journey, fr. via way, akin to E. way. See Way, n., and cf. Convey, Deviate, Devious, Envoy, Trivial, Viaduct, Viaticum.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. Formerly, a passage either by sea or land; a journey, in general; but not chiefly limited to a passing by sea or water from one place, port, or country, to another; especially, a passing or journey by water to a distant place or country. [1913 Webster]
- I love a sea voyage and a blustering tempest. --J. Fletcher. [1913 Webster]
- So steers the prudent crane Her annual voyage, borne on winds. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- All the voyage of their life Is bound in shallows and in miseries. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The act or practice of traveling. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- Nations have interknowledge of one another by voyage into foreign parts, or strangers that come to them. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Course; way. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Voyage'
From: GCIDE
- Voyage \Voy"age\, v. t. To travel; to pass over; to traverse. [1913 Webster]
- With what pain [I] voyaged the unreal, vast, unbounded deep. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'voyage'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- boat,
- campaign,
- canoe,
- carry sail,
- circuit,
- circumnavigate,
- coast,
- course,
- cover,
- cross,
- crossing,
- cruise,
- do,
- excursion,
- expedition,
- fare,
- globe-trot,
- go abroad,
- go by ship,
- go on safari,
- go on shipboard,
- go over,
- go overseas,
- go to sea,
- grand tour,
- hit the trail,
- jaunt,
- journey,
- junket,
- leg,
- make a journey,
- make a passage,
- make a pilgrimage,
- make a trip,
- measure,
- motorboat,
- navigate,
- ocean trip,
- outing,
- overpass,
- package tour,
- pass over,
- pass through,
- passage,
- patrol,
- perambulate,
- peregrinate,
- peregrination,
- pererrate,
- pilgrim,
- pilgrimage,
- pleasure trip,
- ply,
- progress,
- range,
- range over,
- range the world,
- reconnoiter,
- round trip,
- row,
- rubberneck,
- rubberneck tour,
- run,
- safari,
- sail,
- sail round,
- sail the sea,
- sally,
- scour,
- scour the country,
- scout,
- scull,
- sea trip,
- seafare,
- shakedown cruise,
- shoot,
- sight-see,
- stalk,
- steam,
- steamboat,
- sweep,
- take a trip,
- take a voyage,
- take the road,
- tour,
- track,
- transit,
- travel over,
- travel through,
- traverse,
- trek,
- trip,
- turn,
- wayfare,
- yacht