fellow-travel

verb

To sympathize with a particular individual, movement, or party, especially the Communist movement or party.

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Meanings

verbfellow-travel (third-person singular simple present fellow-travels, present participle (US) fellow-traveling or (UK) fellow-travelling, simple past and past participle (US) fellow-traveled or (UK) fellow-travelled)

present singular third person fellow-travels · US participle present fellow-traveling · UK participle present fellow-travelling · US participle past fellow-traveled · US past fellow-traveled · UK participle past fellow-travelled · UK past fellow-travelled

  1. historicalintransitiveTo sympathize with a particular individual, movement, or party, especially the Communist movement or party.

    […] to "fellow-travel" with the Communists. They "travelled" recently round a very sharp bend, with those journalists of Pravda who in February last accused "doctors in high places" of the murder of Zhdanov and General Sherbakov […]

    1953, Free Labour World, page 2

Origin

Back-formation from fellow traveller.

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APA

fellow-travel. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fellow-travel

MLA

“fellow-travel.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fellow-travel. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fellow-travel,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fellow-travel.

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