Synonyms of wandering

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adjective

1

as in rambling

passing from one topic to another

your decidedly wandering essay loses its punch—stick to one theme

Synonyms & Similar Words

• rambling
• leaping
• excursive
• indirect
• discursive
• meandering
• maundering
• desultory
• digressive
• digressionary
• digressional
• roundabout
• deviating
• circuitous
• devious

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• consistent
• logical
• coherent
• direct
• focused
• focussed
• straightforward
• undeviating

2

as in nomadic

traveling from place to place

a wandering carnival that visited small towns all over the South

Synonyms & Similar Words

• nomadic
• nomad
• roaming
• peregrine
• ranging
• roving
• migrant
• itinerant
• peripatetic
• wayfaring
• galavanting
• ambulatory
• on the move
• vagrant
• walking
• ambulant
• errant
• vagabond
• gallivanting
• migratory
• fugitive
• perambulatory
• drifting
• rambling
• meandering
• sauntering
• traipsing
• strolling
• footloose

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• static
• standing
• stationary
• settled
• still
• motionless
• immobile
• nonmoving

wandering

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verb

present participle of wander

1

as in roaming

to move about from place to place aimlessly

we just went outside and wandered around until it was time to go

Synonyms & Similar Words

• roaming
• drifting
• strolling
• cruising
• floating
• meandering
• ranging
• traipsing
• gallivanting
• roving
• rambling
• galavanting
• knocking (about)
• sauntering
• ambling
• gadding (about)
• batting
• maundering
• mooching
• dawdling
• kicking around
• moping
• straying
• straggling
• tramping
• vagabonding
• hoboing
• gypsying
• milling (about or around)

2

as in trespassing

to commit an offense

we have all wandered from the path of righteousness at least once in our lives

Synonyms & Similar Words

• trespassing
• falling
• straying
• sinning
• erring
• offending
• transgressing
• breaking the law
• violating
• falling from grace
• lapsing
• breaching
• infringing
• backsliding
• breaking
• messing up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• justifying
• forgiving
• pardoning
• regretting
• repenting
• ruing