peregrinating
Traveling through lands
Peregrinating means traveling or wandering, especially through foreign lands.
The word carries a literary, slightly archaic flavor—you're more likely to encounter it in Victorian travel writing than modern speech.
After peregrinating through Southeast Asia for six months, she finally settled in Bangkok.
The root gives us peregrine falcon, named for its migratory habits.
Traveling with no fixed course
- journeyingAct of traveling somewhere
- roamingMoving without fixed purpose
- voyagingTraveling long distances
- trekkingLong-distance foot travel
globetrotting · wayfaring · itinerant · nomadic · expedition · odyssey · sojourn · passage
- peripateticGiven to wandering about
- quixoticImpractically pursuing lofty goals
- odysseyExtended adventurous journey
- epicImpressively grand in scope
chronicle · travelogue · memoir · picaresque · wanderlust · Kerouac · Odysseus · errant
Recurring at fixed intervals
- falconSwift bird of prey
- migratoryRegularly moving between regions
- transientTemporary, soon departing
- passageSegment of text
flyway · nesting · breeding · habitat · instinctual · cyclical · overwintering · dispersal
Seeking journey for something
- seekingAttempting to find
- devotionDeep, loyal commitment
- shrineSacred devotional place
- sacredWorthy of reverence
Canterbury · Mecca · holy · meditation · enlightenment · transcendence · ashram · sanctuary
wandering
Traveling with no fixed course
- journeyingAct of traveling somewhere
- roamingMoving without fixed purpose
- voyagingTraveling long distances
trekking · globetrotting · wayfaring · itinerant · nomadic · expedition · odyssey · sojourn · passage · traverse
Chaucer
- peripateticGiven to wandering about
- quixoticImpractically pursuing lofty goals
- odysseyExtended adventurous journey
epic · chronicle · travelogue · memoir · picaresque · wanderlust · Kerouac · Odysseus · errant · knight-errant
seasonal
Recurring at fixed intervals
passage · flyway · nesting · breeding · habitat · instinctual · cyclical · overwintering · dispersal · navigation
quest
Seeking journey for something
sacred · Canterbury · Mecca · holy · meditation · enlightenment · transcendence · ashram · sanctuary · contemplation