expedition

/ˌɛkspədˈɪʃən/ · 4 syllables

Meaning

noun

1. a military campaign designed to achieve a specific objective in a foreign country
2. an organized group of people undertaking a journey for a particular purpose
   “an expedition was sent to explore Mars”
3. a journey organized for a particular purpose
4. a journey taken for pleasure
   “many summer excursions to the shore”
5. the property of being prompt and efficient
   “it was done with dispatch”

Synonyms for expedition

• military expedition
• hostile expedition
• excursion
• jaunt
• outing
• junket
• pleasure trip
• sashay
• dispatch
• despatch
• expeditiousness

Words that rhyme with expedition

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• patrician