voyage

American  

[voi-ij] / ˈvɔɪ ɪdʒ /

noun

1. a course of travel or passage, especially a long journey by water to a distant place.

   Synonyms:

   cruise

2. a passage through air or space, as a flight in an airplane or space vehicle.

3. a journey or expedition from one place to another by land.

4. Often voyages. journeys or travels as the subject of a written account, or the account itself.

   the voyages of Marco Polo.

5. Obsolete. an enterprise or undertaking.

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verb (used without object)

voyaged, voyaging

1. to make or take a voyage; travel; journey.

verb (used with object)

voyaged, voyaging

1. to traverse by a voyage.

   to voyage the seven seas.

voyage British  

/ ˈvɔɪɪdʒ /

noun

1. a journey, travel, or passage, esp one to a distant land or by sea or air

2. obsolete an ambitious project

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verb

1. to travel over or traverse (something)

   we will voyage to Africa

voyage Idioms  

1. see maiden voyage.

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Related Words

See trip ¹.

Other Word Forms

• outvoyage verb (used with object)
• revoyage noun
• unvoyaging adjective
• voyager noun

Etymology

Origin of voyage

First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English ve(i)age, viage, voyage, from Anglo-French, Old French, from Latin viāticum “travel-money”; see viaticum

Example Sentences

It’s a Homeric voyage, if Homer were familiar with the complicated system of roadways and toll stations that is the New Jersey Turnpike.

From Salon • Apr. 18, 2026

As the Artemis II mission prepared to return to Earth, Koch said there wasn’t anything about the voyage she wouldn’t miss.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026

The crew are now safely aboard a waiting ship and recovering from a nine-day voyage that took them further from Earth than any humans in history.

From BBC • Apr. 11, 2026

It was also a voyage marked by historic achievements: Glover was the first person of color to fly around the Moon, Koch was the first woman, and Canadian Hansen the first non-American.

From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026

Preparations for the voyage kept him running here, there, and everywhere.

From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham