voyage

[voi-ij]

noun

1. a course of travel or passage, especially a long journey by water to a distant place.

   Synonyms: cruise

2. a passage through air or space, as a flight in an airplane or space vehicle.

3. a journey or expedition from one place to another by land.

4. Often voyages. journeys or travels as the subject of a written account, or the account itself.

   the voyages of Marco Polo.

5. Obsolete.,  an enterprise or undertaking.

verb (used without object)

voyaged, voyaging 

1. to make or take a voyage; travel; journey.

verb (used with object)

voyaged, voyaging 

1. to traverse by a voyage.

   to voyage the seven seas.

voyage

/ ˈvɔɪɪdʒ /

noun

1. a journey, travel, or passage, esp one to a distant land or by sea or air

2. obsolete,  an ambitious project

verb

1. to travel over or traverse (something)

   we will voyage to Africa

Other Word Forms

• voyager noun
• outvoyage verb (used with object)
• revoyage noun
• unvoyaging adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of voyage¹

First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English ve(i)age, viage, voyage, from Anglo-French, Old French, from Latin viāticum “travel-money”; viaticum

Word History and Origins

Origin of voyage¹

C13: from Old French veiage, from Latin viāticum provision for travelling, from viāticus concerning a journey, from via a way

Idioms and Phrases

see maiden voyage.

Synonym Study

See trip ¹.

Example Sentences

Its maiden voyage was to the Persian Gulf in 2003 for the invasion that ousted Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein.

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Earlier in its voyage, the vessel passed by Denmark at around the time of the drone incursions, which began late on Sept. 22, arousing the suspicion of investigators, a French official said.

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Incredibly, researchers estimate that there are potentially up to 600 new species still waiting to be described from the voyage.

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The world’s greatest armada was allowed to rot in the harbor, and the Chinese court burned maps to prevent future voyages.

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The final voyage of the Edmund Fitzgerald took its cargo out into Lake Superior, where a killer storm was brewing.

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