Synonyms of traipsing

traipsing 1 of 2

adjective

as in walking

Related Words

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

Dissimilar Words

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

traipsing

2 of 2

verb

present participle of traipse

1

as in treading

to go on foot

traipsed down the hall to get a cup of coffee

Synonyms & Similar Words

• walking
• treading
• wandering
• strolling
• stepping
• sauntering
• ambulating
• marching
• padding
• striding
• trotting
• shuffling
• hiking
• trekking
• promenading
• trooping
• footing (it)
• ambling
• parading
• trudging
• pacing
• stomping
• tiptoeing
• legging (it)
• trampling
• prancing
• hoofing (it)
• moseying
• tramping
• rambling
• hobbling
• clumping
• stumbling
• strutting
• perambulating
• tapping
• stalking
• limping
• waddling
• mincing
• toddling
• stumping
• lurching
• stepping out
• tromping
• shambling
• sashaying
• swaggering
• staggering
• plodding
• power walking
• peregrinating
• scuffing
• faltering
• tripping
• bouncing
• footslogging
• gimping
• pussyfooting
• pounding
• lumbering
• nipping

2

as in wandering

to move about from place to place aimlessly

a group of friends traipsing around the country the summer after graduation

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of traipsing

Verb

Or maybe Pitt simply wanted to get his Jack London on, traipsing throughout gorgeous natural terrain and ruffling his co-star’s fur in between fending off feral wolves and navigating impromptu whitewater rafting trips sans the raft. — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 25 Sep. 2026

Not every international game sees teams traipsing around the city. — Matt Barrows, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2026

Pictures from trail cameras even show the cat traipsing through falling snow in the Santa Rita Mountains. — Sarah Henry, AZCentral.com, 5 Sep. 2026

And last summer, farmers actually set up a turnstile to charge people traipsing through their fields to get a good shot of the Seceda and Drei Zinnen (Three Peaks) mountain ranges. — Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2026

My mom is always looking for the next best sneaker for traipsing around the city, and she won’t be caught wearing bulky maximalist running shoes. — Christina Shepherd McGuire, PEOPLE, 6 Aug. 2026

Over spare guitars, Madonna retraces the days of traipsing about the Lower East Side when the rent was overdue. — Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 3 July 2026

But birding at this landfill does not mean traipsing through the trash. — Kate Wong, Scientific American, 14 May 2026

Families flock to the Cape for mini-golfing, traipsing around sand dunes, comparing ice cream stands, gobbling up lobster rolls, spotting whales, and simply admiring the gray cedar shake houses adorned with colorful buoys. — Kara Williams, USA Today, 25 Apr. 2026