roaming 1 of 2

adjective

as in nomadic
traveling from place to place a roaming circus that plays small towns across the country

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roaming

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verb

present participle of roam
as in wandering
to move about from place to place aimlessly he took a year off and roamed over Europe before going on to college

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Recent Examples of roaming
Verb
In January, the band launched the roaming Saturdays in the Park. — Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 30 Sep. 2026 Aerial footage on Sunday showed a bomb disposal robot roaming between the vans in woods near the base. — Tim Lister, CNN Money, 28 Sep. 2026 The agency would also create standards covering sandbox testing environments; air gaps, or isolating testing environments from the internet; kill switches; and controls that prevent models from escaping lab settings and roaming on the Internet. — Garrett Downs, CNBC, 28 Sep. 2026 Aerial footage from Sky News appeared to show a bomb disposal robot roaming between three white trucks. — ABC News, 27 Sep. 2026 Aerial footage from Sky News appeared to show a bomb disposal robot roaming among three white vans. — Pan Pylas, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2026 The robot was reportedly seen roaming between the three vans. — Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 27 Sep. 2026 The Nathan Hale Homestead has had reports of ghosts roaming its grounds and in the house at night. — Kaitlyn Keegan, Hartford Courant, 25 Sep. 2026 Eighty miles of gallops surrounded by all that unploughed grass, rich in limestone, good for horse bones and fertilized by roaming sheep. — Jon Wertheim, CBS News, 20 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for roaming
  1. nomadic
  2. wandering
  3. nomad
  4. strolling
  5. drifting
Adjective
  • Other new arrivals included the Choukara bag inspired by the traditional saddle bags carried by nomadic peoples.
    — Katie Abel, Footwear News, 28 Sep. 2026
  • Born in Ohio, Steinem grew up poor, the daughter of a nomadic antique dealer father and an ex-journalist mother who spent time in psychiatric hospitals.
    — The Week US, TheWeek, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of nomadic
Verb
  • New research suggests that this adage may be true for wandering black holes too.
    — Robert Lea, Space.com, 29 Sep. 2026
  • In mid-July, one of her cubs became separated from the family for several days, wandering the river corridor alone.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of wandering
Adjective
  • Dinners take place in traditional nomad tents around the communal fire pit, and range from steaming hot pots with yak meat, mushrooms and tofu to haute-Tibetan tasting menus with wild vegetables in corn foam, tsampa grissini, and lamb shoulder with yak yogurt glaze and salsa verde.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Apr. 2026
  • New this season are nomad-style cooking workshops, starlit movies for younger campers, and sunrise hawk walks.
    — Katharina Kotrba, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Definition of nomad
Verb
  • This is cinéma du doomscrolling at its funniest and its doomiest, generating the sort of laughs usually experienced by those strolling toward the gallows.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Beneath the balcony, this street, witness to and confidante of the entire twenty-three years of these young people’s lives, was languishing in the fragrant July night, densely thronged with strolling city dwellers even now.
    — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, New Yorker, 27 Sep. 2026
Definition of strolling
Verb
  • Expect to see plenty of holidaymakers and honeymooners hanging out by the pool or drifting in and out of the on-site spa.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
  • The issue, of course, stems from the sound of rider screams from the coaster drifting into the residential area.
    — Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of drifting

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“Roaming.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/roaming. Accessed 8 Oct. 2026.

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