voyager
One who journeys
A voyager is a person who makes a voyage—a long journey, especially by sea or through space.
The word carries a sense of adventure and discovery beyond ordinary travel: The voyagers set sail for the New World.
It appears in literary and historical contexts more than everyday speech, suggesting exploration into unknown territory. (Capitalized Voyager refers to NASA spacecraft.)
Travel from place to place
- odysseyExtended adventurous journey
- wayfarerTraveler, especially walking
- wandererRootless, roving person
- pilgrimReligious journey-taker
sojourner · nomad · globetrotter · backpacker · itinerant · drifter · rover · rambler
Wind-propelled water travel
- vesselReceptacle for contents
- shipSeagoing transport vessel
- marinerOne who navigates ships
- seafarerOne who navigates oceans
navigator · captain · crew · passage · ocean · crossing · clipper · brigantine
Religious journey-taker
- pilgrimageReligious journey to shrine
- missionaryReligious outreach worker
- seekerOne who looks
- sojournerOne dwelling temporarily
crusader · palmer · quest · sanctuary · devotee · wandering · contemplative · mendicant
Organized exploratory journey
- trailblazerFirst to forge ahead
- pathfinderOne who discovers routes
- discovererOne locating something unknown
- pioneerEarly explorer or settler
scout · exploration · cartographer · drake · polo · frontiersman · prospector · seeker
journey
Travel from place to place
- odysseyExtended adventurous journey
- wayfarerTraveler, especially walking
- wandererRootless, roving person
pilgrim · sojourner · nomad · globetrotter · backpacker · itinerant · drifter · rover · rambler · tourist
sailing
Wind-propelled water travel
seafarer · navigator · captain · crew · passage · ocean · crossing · clipper · brigantine · merchantman
pilgrim
Religious journey-taker
- pilgrimageReligious journey to shrine
- missionaryReligious outreach worker
- seekerOne who looks
sojourner · crusader · palmer · quest · sanctuary · devotee · wandering · contemplative · mendicant
expedition
Organized exploratory journey
- trailblazerFirst to forge ahead
- pathfinderOne who discovers routes
- discovererOne locating something unknown
pioneer · scout · exploration · cartographer · drake · polo · frontiersman · prospector · seeker · conquistador
- wandererswanderer, hikers, vagabond, wanderers, drifter
- French verbsfaire, devoir, dire, manger, dormir
- adventureadventure, quest, quests, exploration, explorers
- maritime travelerssailor, captain, passenger, crew, navigator
- Pioneerspioneer, pioneers, forerunner, trailblazer, innovator
- ship passengerstourist, vacationer, first class passenger, stowaway, emigrant
voyagerhomebody
One preferring domestic life
stay-at-home · settler · resident · inhabitant · landlubber
voyagerhomebody
One preferring domestic life
homesteader · settler · dweller · householder · nester
voyagerhomebody
One preferring domestic life
recluse · shut-in · stick-in-the-mud · hermit · creature of habit
- maiden voyagesFirst trips of vessels
- bon voyageTraveler's send-off phrase
- historic voyageMemorable journey of significance
- sea voyageTravel across ocean waters
- ocean voyageTravel by ship overseas
- epic voyageGrand, heroic journey