Synonyms for errand
ˈɛr ənder·rand

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1. errand

   Synonyms:
   message, commission, mission, delegation, charge

   Antonyms:
   misdelivery, misannouncement

Princeton's WordNet

1. errandnoun

   a short trip that is taken in the performance of a necessary task or mission

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1. • Trip

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1. errandnoun

   Synonyms:
   message, mandate, mission, commission

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1. errandnoun

   Synonyms:
   mission, commission

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1. List of paraphrases for "errand":

   race, racing

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1. Henry James:

   True happiness, we are told, consists in getting out of one's self, but the point is not only to get out, you must stay out and to stay out you must have some absorbing errand.

2. Kellyanne Conway:

   Nobody's going to have a silver bullet, a magic elixir on stage at the CNN debate that dislodges Trump from the top of the polls. That's a fool's errand, it's incumbent upon these candidates to show contrast from other people's point of views, including Mr. Trump's.

3. Vincent Maggio:

   This was seriously just a routine errand in my book, No biggie at all, i was just doing someone a favor that was fun for me too. It was certainly no chore. I’m really happy a bunch of people got to see the photos from the journey.

4. David Doniger:

   If he has any grasp of scientific and legal reality, he would realize that it's a fool's errand to reverse the endangerment determination, this could be a way for him to keep the right-wing fringe groups occupied and also accomplish the goal of further confusing the public debate.

5. Asian American:

   I’m Asian, my family’s Asian. If I have to worry about just stepping out to run an errand, I think that’s a huge problem and I can’t live in a city like that.