Synonyms for wandering

Synonyms for (noun) wandering

Synonyms: roving, wandering, vagabondage

Definition: travelling about without any clear destination

Usage: she followed him in his wanderings and looked after him

Similar words: travel, traveling, travelling

Definition: the act of going from one place to another

Usage: he enjoyed selling but he hated the travel


Synonyms for (adj) wandering

Synonyms: rambling, meandering, wandering, winding

Definition: of a path e.g.

Usage: meandering streams; rambling forest paths; the river followed its wandering course; a winding country road

Similar words: indirect

Definition: not direct in spatial dimension; not leading by a straight line or course to a destination

Usage: sometimes taking an indirect path saves time; you must take an indirect course in sailing


Synonyms: erratic, planetary, wandering

Definition: having no fixed course

Usage: an erratic comet; his life followed a wandering course; a planetary vagabond

Similar words: unsettled

Definition: not settled or established

Usage: an unsettled lifestyle


Synonyms: roving, wandering, nomadic, mobile, peregrine

Definition: migratory

Usage: a restless mobile society; the nomadic habits of the Bedouins; believed the profession of a peregrine typist would have a happy future; wandering tribes

Similar words: unsettled

Definition: not settled or established

Usage: an unsettled lifestyle


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