sauntering
Moving without hurry
Sauntering is walking in a slow, relaxed, unhurried manner—strolling without apparent purpose or destination.
The word suggests ease and leisure, perhaps even a touch of self-satisfaction: He came sauntering in twenty minutes late, not a care in the world.
Where walking is neutral, sauntering implies you have time to waste.
Traveling with no fixed course
- driftingMoving without purpose
- meanderingFollowing a winding course
- roamingMoving without fixed purpose
- strayingDeparting from course
loitering · vagabond · nomadic · peripatetic · itinerant · wayfarer · gadabout · rambling
Relaxed, slow gait
- moseyWalk in no rush
- promenadeLeisurely public stroll
- meanderTo travel without direction
- rambleMove or speak without direction
perambulate · dawdle · wander · traipse · roam · drift · potter · toddle
Mildly windy, or nonchalant
- lightheartedCheerful and without worry
- jauntyLively and self-assured
- blitheCheerfully indifferent
- nonchalantCalmly unconcerned
insouciant · buoyant · cheerful · unconcerned · sunny · whimsical · playful · sprightly
wandering
Traveling with no fixed course
- driftingMoving without purpose
- meanderingFollowing a winding course
- roamingMoving without fixed purpose
straying · loitering · vagabond · nomadic · peripatetic · itinerant · wayfarer · gadabout · rambling · directionless
amble
Relaxed, slow gait
ramble · perambulate · dawdle · wander · traipse · roam · drift · potter · toddle · shuffle
breezy
Mildly windy, or nonchalant
- lightheartedCheerful and without worry
- jauntyLively and self-assured
- blitheCheerfully indifferent
nonchalant · insouciant · buoyant · cheerful · unconcerned · sunny · whimsical · playful · sprightly · merry
languid
Weak and without vigor
deliberate · plodding · lagging · lingering · tarrying · lollygagging · dallying · loafing · lazing · poky
- movementwalk, move, go, run, jump
- walkingwalking, brisk walking, strolling, ambling, striding
- action verbsrun, jump, chase, grab, climb
- leg movementswalking, running, jogging, stepping, kicking
- Leisurely Pastimeslounging, relaxing, resting, lazing, idling
- pedestrian actionswalking, crossing, stopping, waiting, standing