Synonyms of peripatetic

peripatetic

adjective

ˌper-ə-pə-ˈte-tik 

as in nomadic

traveling from place to place

a peripatetic reporter for a cable news network

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of peripatetic

The acclaimed author of The Invention of Nature, Andrea Wulf brings erudition and flair to Forster’s peripatetic career as teenaged crewman on Captain Cook’s global voyage. — Hamilton Cain, Time, 7 July 2026

Modern audiences might know the story of Odysseus’s peripatetic journey home to Ithaca from any of its many film versions. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 1 July 2026

In an untitled work from 1995, a cluster of sturdy wagons sits at the edge of a frozen lake, a site where her family of peripatetic horse traders often camped. — Ben Davis, The New York Review of Books, 25 Apr. 2026

The Danish Algerian songwriter’s peripatetic new album pulls up at the bustling crossroads of the electroclash comeback and the contemporary Scandinavian school. — Walden Green, Pitchfork, 24 Apr. 2026

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