peregrinations
Journeys through foreign lands
Peregrinations are travels or journeys, especially long or wandering ones.
The word is literary and slightly humorous, often used self-consciously to describe someone's movements: After years of peregrinations through Southeast Asia, she finally settled in Bangkok.
The singular peregrination exists but is rarer than the plural.
Without fixed residence
- vagabondHomeless, aimless wanderer
- drifterAimless, rootless traveler
- roamingMoving without fixed purpose
- footlooseFree from commitments
meandering · rambling · wayfarer · gallivanting · aimless · restless · rootless · itinerant
Journey by sea
- expeditionOrganized exploratory journey
- trekArduous overland journey
- pilgrimageReligious journey to shrine
- excursionBrief recreational trip
itinerary · sojourn · traverse · circuit · safari · ramble · jaunt · roaming
Extended adventurous journey
- epicImpressively grand in scope
- questSeeking journey for something
- pilgrimageReligious journey to shrine
- sagaExtended heroic narrative
Odysseus · Ulysses · Homer · Grand Tour · Byron · Kerouac · travelogue · memoir
Act of finding something
- expeditionOrganized exploratory journey
- terrainLand's physical features
- wildernessUncultivated, uninhabited natural region
- frontierEdge of settlement
cartography · surveying · pathfinding · reconnaissance · scouting · uncharted · expanses · mapping
nomadic
Without fixed residence
- vagabondHomeless, aimless wanderer
- drifterAimless, rootless traveler
- roamingMoving without fixed purpose
footloose · meandering · rambling · wayfarer · gallivanting · aimless · restless · rootless · itinerant · peripatetic
voyage
Journey by sea
- expeditionOrganized exploratory journey
- trekArduous overland journey
- pilgrimageReligious journey to shrine
excursion · itinerary · sojourn · traverse · circuit · safari · ramble · jaunt · roaming · wayfaring
odyssey
Extended adventurous journey
- epicImpressively grand in scope
- questSeeking journey for something
- pilgrimageReligious journey to shrine
saga · Odysseus · Ulysses · Homer · Grand Tour · Byron · Kerouac · travelogue · memoir · narrative
discovery
Act of finding something
- expeditionOrganized exploratory journey
- terrainLand's physical features
- wildernessUncultivated, uninhabited natural region
frontier · cartography · surveying · pathfinding · reconnaissance · scouting · uncharted · expanses · mapping · venturing
peregrinationsstaying put
Remaining in place
immobility · stasis · sedentariness · stillness · rootedness
peregrinationsdomestic life
Everyday household living
residency · dwelling · habitation · establishment · entrenchment
peregrinationsstaying home
Not going out
domesticity · home life · residence · dwelling · habitation