Synonyms of expedition

Noun


1. expedition, military expedition, hostile expedition, campaign, military campaign

usage: a military campaign designed to achieve a specific objective in a foreign country

2. expedition, working group, working party

usage: an organized group of people undertaking a journey for a particular purpose; "an expedition was sent to explore Mars"

3. expedition, journey, journeying

usage: a journey organized for a particular purpose

4. excursion, jaunt, outing, junket, pleasure trip, expedition, sashay, journey, journeying

usage: a journey taken for pleasure; "many summer excursions to the shore"; "it was merely a pleasure trip"; "after cautious sashays into the field"

5. dispatch, despatch, expedition, expeditiousness, celerity, quickness, rapidity, rapidness, speediness

usage: the property of being prompt and efficient; "it was done with dispatch"

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Definition and meaning of expedition (Dictionary)