wandering

The word “wandering” has 3 syllables: wan-der-ing

It's pronounced as /ˈwɒn.də.rɪŋ/

What is synonym and antonym for wandering?

In the thesaurus, “wandering” has 80 synonyms and 22 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for wandering along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for wandering

ambling
ambulant
ambulatory
backsliding
batting
breaching
breaking
breaking the law
circuitous
cruising
dawdling
desultory
deviating
devious
digressional
digressionary
digressive
discursive
drifting
errant
erratic
erring
excursive
falling
falling from grace
floating
footloose
fugitive
galavanting
gallivanting
gypsying
hoboing
indirect
infringing
itinerant
jaunting
kicking around
landloping
lapsing
leaping
maundering
meandering
messing up
migrant
migratory
mobile
mooching
moping
nomad
nomadic
offending
on the move
perambulatory
peregrine
peripatetic
planetary
rambling
ranging
roaming
roundabout
roving
sauntering
sinning
straggling
straying
strolling
traipsing
tramping
transgressing
traveling
trekking
trespassing
unsettled
vagabond
vagabonding
vagrant
violating
walking
wayfaring
winding

Antonyms for wandering

coherent
consistent
direct
focused
focussed
forgiving
immobile
justifying
logical
motionless
nonmoving
pardoning
regretting
repenting
ruing
settled
standing
static
stationary
still
straightforward
undeviating

Meanings of wandering

verb
1. To move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood.
2. To stray; stray from one's course; err.
3. To commit adultery.
4. To go somewhere indirectly or at varying speeds; to move in a curved path.
5. Of the mind, to lose focus or clarity of argument or attention.
noun
1. Travelling with no preset route; roaming.
2. Irregular turning of the eyes.
3. Aimless thought.
4. Straying from a desired path.
5. (chiefly in the plural) Disordered speech or delirium.
adjective
1. Which wanders; travelling from place to place.
2. (of an organ) Abnormally capable of moving in certain directions.

Example Sentences

Wandering through the forest, she discovered a hidden waterfall.
His mind kept wandering during the long lecture.
They spent the afternoon wandering around the old town, exploring the narrow streets.
The wandering minstrel sang songs of faraway lands and adventures.
She found her lost dog wandering near the park.

On this page you'll find 102 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to wandering, such as: ambling, ambulant, ambulatory, backsliding, batting, breaching, breaking.

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