itinerant

itin·er·ant

adjective \-rənt\

: traveling from place to place : staying in a place for only a short amount of time

Full Definition of ITINERANT

:  traveling from place to place; especially :  covering a circuit <itinerant preacher>

— itinerant noun

— itin·er·ant·ly adverb

Examples of ITINERANT

1. <an itinerant musician can see a lot of the world>

Origin of ITINERANT

Late Latin itinerant-, itinerans, present participle of itinerari to journey, from Latin itiner-, iter journey, way; akin to Hittite itar way, Latin ire to go — more at issue

First Known Use: circa 1576

Related to ITINERANT

Synonyms

ambulant, ambulatory, errant, fugitive, gallivanting (also galavanting), nomad, nomadic, perambulatory, peregrine, peripatetic, ranging, roaming, roving, vagabond, vagrant, wandering, wayfaring, on the move

Related Words

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

Near Antonyms

immobile, nonmoving, settled, standing, static, stationary; motionless, still