Synonyms for Wandering

Synonyms for "wandering" (398 found)

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Closest matches (80)

Noun(5 words)

rovingabsence of directionabsent-minded ambling daydreaming

aberrancy aberrant aberration aberrative abnormal adriftafebrile deliriumafloatafoot and lightheartedaimless aimlessness alternating ambulant amorphous anomalistic anomalous babbling bendbereft of reasonbias

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Strong matches (119)

discursive discursiveness disjunct disordered disoriented dispersed disproportionate distracted distrait distraught divagation divagatory divarication divergence divergent diversion dizzy dogleg double drift

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Noun(8 words)

distracted drift drifting inattention inattentive itinerant meander meanders

Verb(4 words)

drifted gallivanting journeyed maundered

Adjective(4 words)

errant throwerraticfloating lifemeandering

Related words (199)

meshuggah migrational migratory misshapen moodymoon struckmoon-struck nomad nomadic nomadismnon composnon compos mentisnonsymmetrical nonsystematic nonuniformnot all therenot rightobliquity oddof unsound mind

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off orderlessout-of-the-waypatchy perambulatory peregrination pererration planetary planless promiscuous psycho purposeless queer ramble rambling random ranging ranting raving reasonless restless roam roaming rough rove roving scatterbrained scrappy senseless serpentine shapeless sheer shift shiftingshifting courseshifting pathshifty shuffling sick skew slant snaky snatchy spasmatic spasmic spasmodic spastic spineless sporadic spotty staggering stark-madstark-staring madstraggling straggly strange stray straying strolling subnormal sweep swerve swerving swinging systemless tack tetched tortuous touched traipsing transient transitory transmigratory turn turning twist twisting unaccountable unarranged unbalanced uncertain unclassified uncontrolled undependable undirected undisciplined unequal uneven unfixed ungraded unhinged unjoined unmethodical unmetrical unnatural unordered unorganized unpredictable unregular unreliable unrestrained unrhythmical unsane unsettled unsorted unsound unstableunstable as waterunstaid unsteadfast unsteady unsymmetrical unsystematic ununiform vacillating vagabond vagabondage vagabondia vagabondism vagrancy vagrant vague variable variation veer veering vicissitudinary vicissitudinous volatile wanderjahr wanderlust wanton warp wavering wavery wavy wayfaring wayward whimsical wild windingwishy washywishy-washy witless wobbling wobbly yaw zigzag

Noun(15 words)

migratingmind wanderingnomadic peregrination peregrinations peripatetic ramble roam roaming sidetracking unfocused vagabondage vagabonding walkabout wayfarings

Adjective(14 words)

migratory populationmobile nomadicnomadic cultureperegrine planetary ramblingrambling explanationrhapsodic rovingscattered attentionunfocused discussionunfocussed winding

Verb(2 words)

sauntering strayed

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

6 relation types

More general

9 entries

activityattention processcognitiondescriptive adjectivemotion move travel traveling travelling

More specific

14 entries

absent-mindedness absentmindedness diversion driftitinerant travelmeander nomadic peregrination peripatetic ramble roam rovingtask switchingtask-unrelated thought

Collocations

10 entries

attentional driftmind wanderingwandering eyeswandering lifewandering mindwandering pathwandering researcherwandering routewandering thoughtswandering traveler

Inflections

5 entries

more wanderingmost wanderingwandered wanderings wanders

Derivations

4 entries

wander wanderer wanderingly wanderings

similar

2 entries

indirect unsettled

Sample sentences

12 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

I've been wandering around.

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The boy was wandering about the town.

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Just wandering around can be a good way to travel.

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I was wasting time, wandering around the garage, when an old truck swept into driveway.

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