Voyager
Americannoun
noun
Explanation
A voyager is someone who goes on a long trip, especially if he travels in a ship. Historically, voyagers have often been explorers. A voyage is a long trip to a faraway land, and people who go on voyages are called voyagers. You're most likely to find this word describing sea travelers, like the explorers Christopher Columbus and Ferdinand Magellan. Because of its association with long, uncertain journeys, the word voyager has often been used for naming spaceships in science fiction and real life. Voyager has a Latin root, viaticum, which means "a journey."
Example Sentences
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In 1989, Voyager 2 discovered six previously unknown moons around Neptune.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 14, 2026
A major part of that effort involves commercial partners Blue Origin, Firefly Aerospace, Intuitive Machines, and Voyager Lunar Systems, which are preparing landers for delivery missions through 2028.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 11, 2026
They were both a little stronger than Voyager.
From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026
Pure-play space stocks, including those two as well as Planet Labs, Firefly Aerospace, Intuitive Machines, RedWire, York Space Systems, and Voyager Technologies, trade for an average of roughly 75 times trailing sales.
From Barron's ● May 28, 2026
When Voyager approached this giant moon we found a strange multicolored surface unlike any other in the solar system.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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