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.
Synonyms
betray, cast, cheat, cheat on, cuckold, digress, divagate, drift, erratic, meander, meandering, mobile, nomadic, peregrine, planetary, ramble, rambling, range, roam, roll, rove, roving, stray, swan, thread, tramp, vagabond, vagabondage, wander, weave, wind, winding
Scrabble Score: 14
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