gallivanting
Traipsing about aimlessly
Gallivanting is going about in search of pleasure or entertainment, often with a hint of aimlessness or irresponsibility.
The word carries mild disapproval—someone gallivanting isn't attending to duties: While you were gallivanting around Europe, I was here paying the bills.
It suggests carefree wandering, socializing, or adventure-seeking when perhaps one should be doing something more productive.
Moving without fixed purpose
- meanderingFollowing a winding course
- saunteringWalking in unhurried manner
- strollingWalking at ease
- driftingMoving without purpose
traipsing · flitting · perambulating · ranging · moseying · promenading · jaunt · peregrinating
Cheerful and without worry
- blitheCheerfully indifferent
- insouciantCarefree and unconcerned
- nonchalantCalmly unconcerned
- easygoingRelaxed in temperament
untroubled · buoyant · jaunty · breezy · merry · cheerful · sprightly · jovial
Reckless, exciting adventure
- larkSongbird or escapade
- spreeBrief excessive episode
- caperPrank or pickled bud
- flingForceful toss, or tryst
romp · exploit · outing · excursion · jaunt · expedition · voyage · journey
Erratic and unreliable
- irresponsibleLacking sense of duty
- idleWithout activity or purpose
- fecklessLacking purpose or vitality
- unseriousLacking earnestness or gravity
capricious · fickle · gadabout · dilettante · aimless · purposeless · wastrel · truant
Social revelry in progress
- minglingCasual social interaction
- carousingBoisterous drinking spree
- revelingLively, uninhibited celebration
- merrymakingLively, cheerful celebration
hobnobbing · nightlife · soirees · frolicking · junketing · clubbing · festivities · shindig
roaming
Moving without fixed purpose
- meanderingFollowing a winding course
- saunteringWalking in unhurried manner
- strollingWalking at ease
drifting · traipsing · flitting · perambulating · ranging · moseying · promenading · jaunt · peregrinating · footloose
lighthearted
Cheerful and without worry
- blitheCheerfully indifferent
- insouciantCarefree and unconcerned
- nonchalantCalmly unconcerned
easygoing · untroubled · buoyant · jaunty · breezy · merry · cheerful · sprightly · jovial · whimsical
escapade
Reckless, exciting adventure
fling · romp · exploit · outing · excursion · jaunt · expedition · voyage · journey · odyssey
flighty
Erratic and unreliable
- irresponsibleLacking sense of duty
- idleWithout activity or purpose
- fecklessLacking purpose or vitality
unserious · capricious · fickle · gadabout · dilettante · aimless · purposeless · wastrel · truant · shirking
partying
Social revelry in progress
- minglingCasual social interaction
- carousingBoisterous drinking spree
- revelingLively, uninhibited celebration
merrymaking · hobnobbing · nightlife · soirees · frolicking · junketing · clubbing · festivities · shindig · socialite
- wanderingwander, wanderer, roaming, roam, meandering
- walkingwalking, brisk walking, strolling, sauntering, striding
- leisurely activitiesrelaxing, strolling, lounging, daydreaming, sightseeing
- anticshijinks, shenanigans, pranks, mischief, tomfoolery
- going outgoing out, dining out, bar hopping, clubbing, socializing
- horseplayroughhousing, hijinks, antics, horseplay, clowning around
gallivantingworking
In active function
toiling · commuting · running errands · laboring · grinding
gallivantingstaying home
Not going out
staying put · settling down · nesting · homemaking · hunkering down
gallivantingbuckling down
Applying oneself with determination
working · toiling · laboring · nose to the grindstone · taking care of business
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