peregrination
Long meandering travel
Peregrination is a journey or voyage, especially a long or meandering one.
The word carries a slightly literary or formal tone and often suggests wandering rather than direct travel from point A to point B.
His peregrinations through Southeast Asia lasted nearly two years.
The plural peregrinations frequently describes a series of travels or the wandering course of someone's movements over time.
Extended adventurous journey
- trekArduous overland journey
- expeditionOrganized exploratory journey
- excursionBrief recreational trip
- itineraryPlanned sequence of destinations
sojourn · traverse · jaunt · ramble · roaming · wayfaring · globetrotting · touring
Travel without fixed purpose
- meanderTo travel without direction
- driftGradual movement, no direction
- saunterRelaxed, aimless stride
- rambleMove or speak without direction
nomadism · vagabondage · stray · traipse · mosey · perambulate · wanderlust · footloose
Sacred devotional place
- meccaDestination for enthusiasts
- devotionDeep, loyal commitment
- sacredWorthy of reverence
- templeSacred worship structure
monastery · hajj · spiritual · holy · penance · reliquary · walkabout · circumambulation
Creating geographic representations
- terrainLand's physical features
- expeditionOrganized exploratory journey
- compassDevice showing cardinal directions
- mapmakingCreating geographical charts
surveying · landmark · navigator · frontier · wilderness · trekking · outback · uncharted
Leisurely ocean voyage
- sailingWind-propelled water travel
- nauticalOf ships and sailing
- maritimeOf the sea
- seafaringTraveling by ocean vessel
voyager · crossing · transatlantic · passage · ocean · clipper · steamship · liner
Traveler visiting attractions
- travelerOne who journeys
- sightseeingVisiting places of interest
- bookingAdvance arrangement secured
- resortPlace for getaways
vacation · souvenir · hostel · accommodation · backpacking · ecotourism · excursionist · holidaymaker
odyssey
Extended adventurous journey
- trekArduous overland journey
- expeditionOrganized exploratory journey
- excursionBrief recreational trip
itinerary · sojourn · traverse · jaunt · ramble · roaming · wayfaring · globetrotting · touring · amble
roam
Travel without fixed purpose
ramble · nomadism · vagabondage · stray · traipse · mosey · perambulate · wanderlust · footloose · gallivant
shrine
Sacred devotional place
temple · monastery · hajj · spiritual · holy · penance · reliquary · walkabout · circumambulation
cartography
Creating geographic representations
- terrainLand's physical features
- expeditionOrganized exploratory journey
- compassDevice showing cardinal directions
mapmaking · surveying · landmark · navigator · frontier · wilderness · trekking · outback · uncharted · reconnaissance
cruise
Leisurely ocean voyage
seafaring · voyager · crossing · transatlantic · passage · ocean · clipper · steamship · liner · circumnavigation
tourist
Traveler visiting attractions
- travelerOne who journeys
- sightseeingVisiting places of interest
- bookingAdvance arrangement secured
resort · vacation · souvenir · hostel · accommodation · backpacking · ecotourism · excursionist · holidaymaker · itinerant
- fancy wordsgrandiloquent, magniloquent, sesquipedalian, pulchritudinous, tintinnabulation
- travel writingtravelogue, travelogues, travel memoir, travel memoirs, travel diaries
- chivalryknighthood, knights, chivalry, medieval knights, honor
peregrinationstaying put
Remaining in place
immobility · stasis · stillness · stationariness · motionlessness
peregrinationsettlement
Resolved dispute or colony
rootedness · residence · staying home · domicile · homesteading