ambulatory

¹am·bu·la·to·ry

adj \ˈam-byə-lə-ˌtȯr-ē\

Definition of AMBULATORY

1

: of, relating to, or adapted to walking; also : occurring during a walk

2

: moving from place to place : itinerant

3

: capable of being altered <a will is ambulatory until the testator's death>

4

a : able to walk about and not bedridden <ambulatory patients> b : performed on or involving an ambulatory patient or an outpatient <ambulatory medical care> <an ambulatory electrocardiogram>

— am·bu·la·to·ri·ly \ˌam-byə-lə-ˈtȯr-ə-lē\ adverb

Examples of AMBULATORY

1. <ambulatory theatrical companies that brought live theater to small towns across America>

First Known Use of AMBULATORY

1598

Related to AMBULATORY

Synonyms: ambulant, itinerant, errant, fugitive, gallivanting (also galavanting), nomad, nomadic, perambulatory, peregrine, peripatetic, ranging, roaming, roving, vagabond, vagrant, wandering, wayfaring

Related Words: drifting, footloose, meandering, rambling; sauntering, strolling, traipsing, walking; migrant, migratory

Near Antonyms: immobile, nonmoving, settled, standing, static, stationary; motionless, still

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Rhymes with AMBULATORY

accusatory, admonitory, adulatory, a fortiori, aleatory, amendatory, applicatory, approbatory, celebratory, circulatory, combinatory, commendatory, compensatory, conciliatory, condemnatory, confirmatory, confiscatory, conservatory, consolatory, contributory, copulatory, cosignatory, declamatory, declaratory, dedicatory, defamatory, denigratory, depilatory, depository, derogatory, designatory, dispensatory, divinatory, escalatory, excitatory, exclamatory, exculpatory, excusatory, exhibitory, exhortatory, expiatory, expiratory, explanatory, explicatory, exploratory, expository, expurgatory, incubatory, indicatory, inflammatory, informatory, innovatory, inspiratory, inundatory, invitatory, judicatory, masticatory, masturbatory, memento mori, millefiori, obfuscatory, obligatory, observatory, performatory, persecutory, predicatory, premonitory, prohibitory, reformatory, regulatory, repository, retributory, revelatory, respiratory, salutatory, stipulatory, supplicatory, transmigratory, undulatory