peregrinate

verb

ˈper-ə-grə-ˌnāt How to pronounce peregrinate (audio)
Definition of peregrinatenext
1
as in to traverse
to make one's way through, across, or over Jack Kerouac's celebrated novel about penniless free spirits peregrinating the United States

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2
as in to travel
to take a trip especially of some distance a couple of backpacking college students who decided to spend the summer peregrinating around Ireland

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for peregrinate
  1. traverse
  2. travel
  3. cross
  4. trek
  5. follow
  6. voyage
  7. walk
  8. journey
Verb
  • Here the goal is to traverse a sprawling castle, defeating all kinds of monsters and gathering gear and experience points to get stronger.
    — Andrew Webster, The Verge, 9 Oct. 2026
  • So while Waddington’s landscape looked like a static territory waiting to be traversed, the real landscape changes as cells develop.
    — Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of traverse
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  • The story follows Emily, an American woman who travels with Simon, her Chinese Malaysian husband, and their son Louis to spend the summer at his family’s mansion.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 10 Oct. 2026
  • Many of the units come with full kitchens and have one or two bedrooms making it ideally for families or those traveling in a group.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of travel
Verb
  • Each fall, Earth crosses different parts of this sprawling debris stream, producing the overlapping Northern and Southern Taurids and, occasionally, the larger fragments that create spectacular fireballs.
    — Jamie Carter, Space.com, 12 Oct. 2026
  • None of its 2026 releases has crossed $100 million at the domestic box office.
    — Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of cross
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  • The affected area includes popular trekking routes, and October is one of the busiest months for visitors.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 12 Oct. 2026
  • As Monica Turner trekked across the western hills of Yellowstone National Park, the cold rain was inescapable.
    — Taylor Romine, CNN Money, 4 Oct. 2026
Definition of trek
Verb
  • But following public pushback over data center projects in Hazle Township and surrounding areas, Shapiro walked back the permissive AI infrastructure policies.
    — Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2026
  • The producers’ MoU follows the film co-production accord already in place at government level between Italy and South Korea.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 11 Oct. 2026
Definition of follow
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  • However, when her island's resources are threatened, Moana embraces her ancestors' voyaging heritage and heads out to sea to find Maui, deliver the heart of Te Fiti (which Maui stole back in the day) and save her people.
    — Brian Truitt, USA Today, 9 July 2026
  • When a blight hits the island, the result of a curse that began when Maui stole a gem representing the heart of the goddess Te Fiti, Moana gets her quest and excuse to voyage — to find the missing Maui and force him to return the stone.
    — Alison Willmore, Vulture, 8 July 2026
Definition of voyage
Verb
  • The actor and his wife, singer Dua Lipa, are frequently spotted walking their actual dog, a Labrador-Rottweiler named Golo.
    — Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Clotilde Charpentier, who could play music no better than a hen could float and paddle in the Patriarch’s Ponds, would walk behind John’s coffin, with a heavy black veil to shield herself from the January wind and people’s appraising looks.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of walk
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  • The film, which premiered at Visions du Réel, journeys into the past through the director’s diaries and family photographs.
    — Ed Meza, Variety, 26 Sep. 2026
  • And so, the two men with very different life philosophies proceed to journey ever deeper into the South American heart of darkness, with a little bit of The Searchers thrown in for good measure.
    — Michael Rechtshaffen, HollywoodReporter, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of journey
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