TRIPPING Synonyms: 194 Similar and Opposite Words

tripping

verb

present participle of trip

as in trotting

to go at a pace faster than a walk went tripping up the steps of city hall in their eagerness to get married

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as in stumbling

to go down from an upright position suddenly and involuntarily tripped over a chair and landed on her face

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as in hopping

to move with a light springing step dancers tripping lightly across the stage

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as in traveling

to take a trip especially of some distance while he was growing up, the family tripped to New England every summer

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as in fumbling

to make a mistake the press has had it in for the new governor, and they are just waiting for her to trip

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Recent Examples of tripping The footwear rule came into play because local mountain rescue crews were fed up with having to come to the aid of so many people tripping over their own feet. —

Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 11 June 2026 Other common soccer penalties include tripping, kicking, holding or pulling jerseys, pushing or charging players, and dangerous plays like high kicks or kicking near another player's head. —

Irene Wright, USA Today, 9 June 2026 Iliman Ndiaye should have conceded a penalty at Molineux for tripping Hugo Bueno while Garner deserved to be sent off at Villa Park. —

Graham Scott, New York Times, 2 June 2026 Beauchamp tripping back in time, lost and separated in the highlands of 18th century Scotland. —

Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 1 June 2026 The broadest of comedies, the film’s often puerile humor is driven by an endless stream of male bungling, blundering and whining, only to be kicked up a notch by pratfalls of nearly every variety, from getting bucked off a galloping horse to tripping into a pile of trash. —

Natalia Winkelman, Variety, 27 May 2026 Just the usual catching a skate blade or tripping over a tree root. —

Risa Jampel, STAT, 22 May 2026 That’s not the only sign that the DOJ can’t avoid tripping over its own feet in this campaign. —

Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2026 The systems submitted by Elbit America, L3Harris, and Photonis all reflect a transition from monocular to binocular systems, providing a wider field of view, improved situational awareness, and proper depth perception – so less tripping over air pockets in the dark. —

David Szondy may 17, New Atlas, 17 May 2026

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After the ceremony came a globe-trotting honeymoon, as the couple vacationed in Mykonos, Positano, and London.

— Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 10 June 2026
Richards gave millions of dollars to the cult, Eternal Values, while living a double life as both a globe-trotting supermodel and obedient cult member, as reported in a recent story in The Hollywood Reporter.

— Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 9 June 2026