Definition of WANDERING

wandering

Plural: wanderings

Noun

  • travelling about without any clear destination
    • "she followed him in his wanderings and looked after him"
  • Travelling without preset route; roaming.
  • Irregular turning of the eyes.
  • Aimless thought.
  • Straying from a desired path.
  • Disordered speech or delirium.

Verb

  • move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
    • "the wandering Jew"
  • be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage
    • "Might her husband be wandering?"
  • go via an indirect route or at no set pace
  • to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course
  • lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or speaking
  • present participle and gerund of wander

Adjective Satellite

  • migratory
    • "wandering tribes"
  • of a path e.g.
    • "the river followed its wandering course"
  • having no fixed course
    • "his life followed a wandering course"

Adj

  • Which wanders; travelling from place to place.
  • Abnormally capable of moving in certain directions.

Origin / Etymology

From wander + -ing.

Scrabble Score: 14

wandering: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
wandering: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
wandering: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 17

wandering: valid Words With Friends Word