trips

Vacations or stumbles

Trips is the plural of trip—journeys or outings: We took several trips to the coast.

It also names the experience of being under the influence of a psychedelic drug: His acid trips in the sixties shaped his art.

To trip is to stumble or cause someone to stumble, often with up: She tripped on the rug, Don't let the wording trip you up.

travel

journey

Travel from place to place

odyssey · vacation · getaway · adventure · outing · tour · safari · trek · pilgrimage · cruise

psychedelic

hallucinations

Perceptions without external cause

  • visionsImagined or prophetic sights
  • LSDPsychedelic hallucinogen
  • acidLow-pH chemical compound

shrooms · psilocybin · ayahuasca · DMT · peyote · mescaline · psychoactive · mind-altering · tripper · hallucinogen

mistake

blunder

Foolish, costly mistake

oversight · miscalculation · bungle · snafu · botch · fumble · goof · mishap · blooper · lapse

stumble

fall

Descend under gravity

  • slipMinor error or misstep
  • tumbleUncontrolled rolling descent
  • misstepError in action or judgment

falter · lurch · stagger · teeter · topple · spill · snag · sprawl · pitfall · unsteady

Categories
Opposites
travel/journeys

tripsstays

Remains in place

staying home · remains · homecomings · returns · remaining

physical stumbling

tripssteadies

Makes firm or stable

balances · recovers · stabilizes · rights · glides

CAUSING ERROR (verb: to trip someone up)

tripscorrects

Fixes a mistake

fixes · guides · assists · helps · aids

Phrases
Family

trip, triple, tripping, tripod, tripped, triplet, tripling, round trip, triply

Familiarity
Top 5,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G