wandering
moving from place to place without a fixed plan; roaming; rambling: Crowds of wandering tourists crossed the square.
having no permanent residence; nomadic: They were historically a wandering people, moving seasonally through the area.
meandering; winding: They followed a wandering path down the mountain.
an aimless roving about; leisurely traveling from place to place: For our honeymoon we had a period of delightful wandering through Italy.
Usually wan·der·ings.
aimless travels; meanderings: Her wanderings took her all over the world.
disordered thoughts or utterances; incoherencies: mental wanderings;the wanderings of delirium.
seemingly aimless or random movement from one place to another by a person with a mental or cognitive disability or impairment: Wandering by Alzheimer’s patients is a problem in nursing homes.: See also elopement (def. 2).
Origin of wandering
1Other words from wandering
- wan·der·ing·ly, adverb
- wan·der·ing·ness, noun
- un·wan·der·ing, adjective
- un·wan·der·ing·ly, adverb
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How to use wandering in a sentence
I know not how many hours he sits there; but while I saw him he was a pattern of diligence and unwandering thought.
Passages From The American Notebooks, Volume 2 | Nathaniel HawthorneThe women took an unwearying and unwandering interest in Hugh's amazing son.
The Creators | May Sinclair
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