wandering
adjective
noun
- aimless travels; meanderings: Her wanderings took her all over the world.
- disordered thoughts or utterances; incoherencies: mental wanderings; the wanderings of delirium.
Origin of wandering
wander
verb (used without object)
verb (used with object)
noun
Origin of wander
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Related Words for wandering
winding, roving, itinerant, nomadic, meandering, wayfaring, roaming, jaunting, strolling, trekking, mobile, drifting, straying, rambling, unsettled, deviating, vagrant, migrant, vagabond, migratoryExamples from the Web for wandering
Contemporary Examples of wandering
Mr. Bachner found it by wandering through the market and identified a craftsmen here who works in a tiny booth.
And, in a gratuitous show of homicidal prowess, Moses kills two assassins he meets while wandering in the desert of Sinai.
After wandering at haphazard some little way I met a peasant in a sleigh.
He showed signs of a restless, wandering soul, someone searching for meaning around him.
While wandering the grounds, I keep an eye out for suspicious lumps in the dirt.
Historical Examples of wandering
He had been wandering about a long time—not in years, for he was less than thirty.
KMary Roberts Rinehart
For perhaps an hour Joe Drummond had been wandering up and down the Street.
KMary Roberts Rinehart
She felt as if she had been wandering, and had come home to the arms that were about her.
KMary Roberts Rinehart
"Yes; that is—very much," I stammered, wandering back to Helen's desk.
The Bacillus of BeautyHarriet Stark
What was the use of wandering about the house in this disconsolate manner?
The Foolish LoversSt. John G. Ervine