ambulating
Moving by foot
Ambulating means walking or moving about, typically under one's own power.
The word appears almost exclusively in medical contexts, where a patient's ability to ambulate—to get up and walk—is a key measure of recovery: The patient was ambulating without assistance by day three.
Outside clinical settings, people just say walking.
Moving without fixed purpose
- meanderingFollowing a winding course
- driftingMoving without purpose
- ramblingLong-winded and unfocused
- strollingWalking at ease
sauntering · moseying · traipsing · ambling · perambulating · promenading · peripatetic · nomadic
Locomotion on foot
- strideExtended single footstep
- gaitLocomotion pattern
- movementChange in position
- mobilityCapacity for movement
locomotion · progression · traverse · navigate · transit · propulsion · advance · motion
Extended single footstep
- stepFoot movement forward
- paceSpeed of movement
- treadSurface that grips ground
- shuffleRandomize by mixing
limp · hobble · plod · trudge · march · saunter · stroll · gait
Capacity for movement
- rehabilitationRecovery from injury/addiction
- gaitLocomotion pattern
- physical therapyRehabilitative movement-based medical care
- walkerAmbulatory person or aid
crutches · prosthetic · assistive · weight-bearing · recovery · postoperative · orthopedic · patient
roaming
Moving without fixed purpose
- meanderingFollowing a winding course
- driftingMoving without purpose
- ramblingLong-winded and unfocused
strolling · sauntering · moseying · traipsing · ambling · perambulating · promenading · peripatetic · nomadic · itinerant
walking
Locomotion on foot
mobility · locomotion · progression · traverse · navigate · transit · propulsion · advance · motion · kinetics
stride
Extended single footstep
shuffle · limp · hobble · plod · trudge · march · saunter · stroll · gait · footstep
mobility
Capacity for movement
- rehabilitationRecovery from injury/addiction
- gaitLocomotion pattern
- physical therapyRehabilitative movement-based medical care
walker · crutches · prosthetic · assistive · weight-bearing · recovery · postoperative · orthopedic · patient · clinical
ambulatingstationary
Not in motion
standing still · immobile · staying put · static · resting
ambulatingbedridden
Unable to leave mattress
lying down · recumbent · wheelchair-bound · immobilized · confined