voyaged

Sailed distant seas

Voyaged is the past tense of voyage, meaning to travel by sea or through space—journeys of considerable distance or duration.

The word carries a sense of exploration or adventure beyond ordinary travel: They voyaged across the Atlantic, The spacecraft voyaged to the outer planets.

exploration

discovered

Found something previously unknown

terra incognita · mapped · charted · conquistador · Marco Polo · Magellan · Columbus · pioneered · frontier · unknown

maritime

sailed

Traveled by wind-powered vessel

  • seafaringTraveling by ocean vessel
  • shipSeagoing transport vessel
  • oceanMassive saltwater body

vessel · crossing · captain · crew · harbor · port · nautical · anchor · deck · mast

literary

odyssey

Extended adventurous journey

  • epicImpressively grand in scope
  • journeyTravel from place to place
  • questSeeking journey for something

tale · narrative · wandered · roamed · pilgrimage · sojourned · traversed · meandered · chronicles · adventures

metaphorical

journey

Travel from place to place

transformation · life path · pilgrimage · self-discovery · passage · transcendence · enlightenment · growth · transition · awakening

space

spacecraft

Vehicle for outer space

orbit · mission · launched · lunar · Mars · probe · starship · galaxy · cosmos · celestial

Opposites
movement/travel

voyagedstayed

Continued being present

remained · stayed put · settled · lingered · tarried

journey scale

voyagedcommuted

Traveled regularly to work

shuttled · hopped · jaunt · day-tripped · dashed

Phrases
Family

voyage, voyages, voyager, voyaging, voyagers

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G