gadding
Going place to place
Gadding is going from place to place in pursuit of pleasure or entertainment, usually with an implication of aimlessness or frivolity: She spent the summer gadding about Europe.
The word is slightly old-fashioned and often appears with "about" or "around." A gadabout is someone who gads habitually.
Traveling with no fixed course
- rovingMoving from place to place
- ramblingLong-winded and unfocused
- meanderingFollowing a winding course
- saunteringWalking in unhurried manner
strolling · traipsing · gallivanting · drifting · flitting · peripatetic · nomadic · itinerant
Not worthy of attention
- lightheartedCheerful and without worry
- blitheCheerfully indifferent
- jauntyLively and self-assured
- insouciantCarefree and unconcerned
breezy · whimsical · playful · sprightly · untroubled · idle · pleasure-seeking · frolicsome
Going to see someone
- minglingCasual social interaction
- hobnobbingCasual social mingling
- carousingBoisterous drinking spree
- partyingSocial revelry in progress
gossiping · chatting · networking · calling · socialite · flitting · companionship · entertaining
Nervously unable to settle
- antsyRestlessly eager or nervous
- unsettledNot yet resolved
- itchy feetUrge to travel
- impatientUnwilling to wait
flighty · mercurial · inconstant · scattered · distracted · unfocused · rootless · transient
wandering
Traveling with no fixed course
- rovingMoving from place to place
- ramblingLong-winded and unfocused
- meanderingFollowing a winding course
sauntering · strolling · traipsing · gallivanting · drifting · flitting · peripatetic · nomadic · itinerant · vagabond
frivolous
Not worthy of attention
- lightheartedCheerful and without worry
- blitheCheerfully indifferent
- jauntyLively and self-assured
insouciant · breezy · whimsical · playful · sprightly · untroubled · idle · pleasure-seeking · frolicsome · merry
visiting
Going to see someone
- minglingCasual social interaction
- hobnobbingCasual social mingling
- carousingBoisterous drinking spree
partying · gossiping · chatting · networking · calling · socialite · flitting · companionship · entertaining · drop-ins
fidgety
Nervously unable to settle
- antsyRestlessly eager or nervous
- unsettledNot yet resolved
- itchy feetUrge to travel
impatient · flighty · mercurial · inconstant · scattered · distracted · unfocused · rootless · transient · here and there
- wanderingwandering, wander, wanderer, roaming, roam
- going outgoing out, dining out, bar hopping, clubbing, socializing
gaddingstaying put
Remaining in place
remaining · staying · settling · staying home · stationary
gaddingworking
In active function
toiling · laboring · buckling down · applying oneself · focusing
gaddingstaying in
Not going out
withdrawing · cocooning · hibernating · cloistering · isolating