WAYFARING Synonyms: 37 Similar and Opposite Words

wayfaring

adjective

Definition of wayfaring

as in nomadic

traveling from place to place a wayfaring folksinger

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Recent Examples of wayfaring Deep into the ‘world’s last great wilderness‘ In the Nordics, where the wayfaring culture—foraging and getting back to nature—is a lifestyle, luxury lodges have opened up in a flurry. — Michelle Tchea, Robb Report, 27 Aug. 2026 The Last of the Mohicans Set in 1757 during the Seven Years’ War, this historical novel follows the escapades of wayfaring Natty Bumppo and his Mohican companions, Chingachgook and Uncas. — Caroline Rogers, Southern Living, 22 Aug. 2026 With the start of the 2026 growing season inching closer, many seasoned gardeners of ornamental perennial and flower beds may be interested in expanding their horizons, venturing into the wonderful, wayfaring, wistful world of vegetable gardening. — Anthony Reardon, Kansas City Star, 25 Feb. 2026 An analysis of a quarry containing unfinished statues showed how wayfaring Polynesians created the massive stone heads found across Rapa Nui, or Easter Island. — Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 23 Dec. 2025

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Coaching is a nomadic profession, especially for assistants, who aren’t in as much control of their fate as head coaches.

— Tim Graham, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2026
In her 2015 memoir, Steinem recounts her dynamic, nomadic career as a writer and activist, and pays vivid homage to the people, places, and conversations that shaped her.

— Mary Lawrence Ware, semafor.com, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of nomadic

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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

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