Odyssey: meaning, pronunciation and examples
Odyssey noun. A long journey full of adventures and setbacks.
How to say it
OD-ih-see/ˈɒdɪsi/
3 syllables, stressed on the first (OD).
Odyssey in a sentence
Getting home through the snow became a twelve-hour odyssey of cancelled trains and buses.
His odyssey across South America lasted two years and wore out three pairs of boots.
Similar and opposite
Similar:
- journey
- voyage
- quest
- trek
Where odyssey comes from
From the Odyssey, Homer’s poem about Odysseus’s ten-year voyage home from Troy.
Test yourself
Which word fills the gap?
His _____ across South America lasted two years and wore out three pairs of boots.
- odyssey
- caravanserai
- anabasis
Show the answer
odyssey: His odyssey across South America lasted two years and wore out three pairs of boots.