journey

A trip from one place to another, often over a long distance.

• We had a long journey.
• The journey across the desert took days.
• Have you packed enough food for the journey?

Similar words: trip, voyage

Common phrases: long journey, train journey, return journey, daily journey

A process of change or development, often involving challenges.

• Learning is a lifelong journey.
• Her journey to recovery was difficult.
• The book describes his spiritual journey.

How to use it: journey to something (His journey to independence began at university.)

Similar words: process, progression

Common phrases: personal journey, journey of discovery, journey to recovery

To travel from one place to another.

• They journeyed north together.
• We journeyed through the mountains for a week.
• She plans to journey across the continent.

How to use it: journey to somewhere (They journeyed to a distant village.); journey through somewhere (We journeyed through a dense forest.)

Similar words: travel

Common phrases: journey to somewhere, journey through somewhere, journey across somewhere