excursion

Other forms of excursion

plural

excursions·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about excursion

What does excursion mean?

excursion means "a journey taken for pleasure". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in excursion?

excursion has 3 syllables: ex-cur-sion. The stress falls on "cur". In IPA it is /ɪkˈskɝʒən/.

What is another word for excursion?

Close synonyms include jaunt, outing, junket, pleasure trip, expedition. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is excursion a common word?

excursion is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.