itinerary
Americannoun
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itineraries
plural
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a detailed plan for a journey, especially a list of places to visit; plan of travel.
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a line of travel; route.
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an account of a journey; record of travel.
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a book describing a route or routes of travel with information helpful to travelers; guidebook for travelers.
adjective
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of or relating to travel or travel routes.
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Obsolete. itinerant.
noun
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a plan or line of travel; route
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a record of a journey
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a guidebook for travellers
adjective
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of or relating to travel or routes of travel
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a less common word for itinerant
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of itinerary
First recorded in 1425–75; late Middle English, from Late Latin itinerārium, noun use of neuter of itinerārius “of a journey,” from itiner-, stem of iter “journey” ( see iter) + -ārius -ary
Explanation
An itinerary is your travel plan — where you will go and when you will be there. The term is also sometimes used for a guidebook or travel journal. If you make plans to fly to Paris from Beijing or take a train to Chicago from Mexico City, you will need an itinerary. That means you will have a plan that displays how you will get from point to point in your travels and when you will be at each point. This word comes from the Middle English itinerarius and is defined as being "about a journey." Itineraries can be really useful because if you give your mother yours, she will always know where you are!
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Example Sentences
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It prohibits prominent display of individual fare components and requires the full price to be shown up front, “including in the first instance following an itinerary search,” according to a Department of Transportation document.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
“It’s all about doing the research and not just throwing yourself into an itinerary that you had in your mind,” she said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
Sleepy villages that would normally never feature in a typical tourist itinerary have suddenly found themselves inundated with eclipse hunters from around the world.
From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026
The disaster marks the first major crisis for President Abelardo de la Espriella, a conservative who took office on Friday and suspended his itinerary today to focus on the earthquake response.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
They’ve been sending me all kinds of stuff about my itinerary and what protocol will be observed in each district.
From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins
"I'd seen itineraries, I had a booking reference number."
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
Searching popular keywords like "citywalk" on the app brought up itineraries for the day, including where to eat and convenient routes from one attraction to another.
From Barron's ● Jul. 13, 2026
The itineraries frequently sent each of the three co-chairs to five or more countries each week because the United Bid couldn’t afford to skip any of them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 7, 2026
For expedition-style itineraries in more remote regions, travelers should also research destination-specific health risks in advance, including recommended vaccinations, malaria precautions and appropriate insect protection depending on where excursions take place.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 9, 2026
He had printed up individual itineraries for each of us, including times exact to the second.
From "Looking for Alaska" by John Green
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