tour

I

(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

n. trip, journey, expedition, excursion, junket, jaunt; turn, shift, tour of duty. See travel, substitution.

II

(Roget's IV) n.

1. [A journey]

Syn. trip, voyage, travel; see journey .

2. [A circuit]

Syn. round, performance tour, lecture tour.

3. [A shift of work]

Syn. tour of duty, stint, assignment.

• on tour,

Syn. on the road, on the lecture circuit, on the talk show circuit, away, absent; see also traveling 2 .

v.

Syn. voyage, vacation, take a trip; see travel 2 .

III

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus)

I

n.

1. shift turn, stint, spell, stretch, period, cycle, round.

2. trip sight-seeing expedition, journey, cruise, voyage, excursion, junket, jaunt, expedition, itinerary, grand tour.

II

v.

visit, sightsee, travel, journey, take a trip, go on the road, *globetrot, cruise, voyage, take a junket, go on an excursion, explore, *barnstorm.

IV

(Roget's Thesaurus II) noun 1. A course, process, or journey that ends where it began or repeats itself: circle, circuit, cycle, orbit, round, turn. See REPETITION. 2. A journey undertaken with a specific objective: expedition, pilgrimage, safari, trek, voyage. See MOVE. 3. A limited, often assigned period of activity, duty, or opportunity: bout, go, hitch, inning (often used in plural), shift, spell3, stint, stretch, time, trick, turn, watch. See TIME. 4. A term of service, as in the military or in prison: hitch, stretch, time. See TIME.