wandering Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. noun travelling about without any clear destination
   vagabondage; roving.
   
   • she followed him in his wanderings and looked after him
2. verb move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
   ramble; stray; cast; swan; drift; wander; tramp; range; rove; roam; vagabond; roll.
   
   • The gypsies roamed the woods
   • roving vagabonds
   • the wandering Jew
   • The cattle roam across the prairie
   • the laborers drift from one town to the next
   • They rolled from town to town
3. verb be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage
   cheat; cuckold; cheat on; betray; wander.
   
   • She cheats on her husband
   • Might her husband be wandering?
4. verb go via an indirect route or at no set pace
   wander.
   
   • After dinner, we wandered into town
5. verb to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course
   wander; meander; thread; wind; weave.
   
   • the river winds through the hills
   • the path meanders through the vineyards
   • sometimes, the gout wanders through the entire body
6. verb lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or speaking
   digress; divagate; wander; stray.
   
   • She always digresses when telling a story
   • her mind wanders
   • Don't digress when you give a lecture
7. adjective satellite migratory
   mobile; nomadic; peregrine; roving.
   
   • a restless mobile society
   • the nomadic habits of the Bedouins
   • believed the profession of a peregrine typist would have a happy future
   • wandering tribes
8. adjective satellite of a path e.g.
   winding; rambling; meandering.
   
   • meandering streams
   • rambling forest paths
   • the river followed its wandering course
   • a winding country road
9. adjective satellite having no fixed course
   planetary; erratic.
   
   • an erratic comet
   • his life followed a wandering course
   • a planetary vagabond

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