traipsed
Walked without purpose
Traipsed is the past tense of traipse, meaning to walk or trudge, usually with a sense of weariness, aimlessness, or unnecessary effort: We traipsed all over town looking for that book.
The word often carries a note of complaint or exasperation about the distance covered or the futility of the journey.
Moved without fixed course
- roamedTraveled without fixed course
- driftedMoved without aim
- meanderedTraveled without direct course
- rambledSpoke aimlessly, at length
directionless · purposeless · unfocused · haphazard · random · unchanneled · undirected · desultory
Walked with effort
- ploddedWalked laboriously
- sloggedLabored persistently onward
- draggedPulled heavily along
- schleppedCarried with difficulty
trekked · footsore · fatigued · exhausted · worn · tired · labored · heavy-footed
Walked slowly, casually
- saunteredWalked in unhurried fashion
- ambledWalked slowly, relaxedly
- moseyedWalked slowly, aimlessly
- dawdledMoved slowly, idly
meandered · unhurried · languid · lolled · pottered · loitered · lingered · idled
Traveled without fixed course
- venturedUndertook despite uncertainty
- exploredExamined by traveling through
- rovedTraveled aimlessly
- rangedExtended across distances
gallivanted · gadded · journeyed · trekked · peregrinated · expedition · discovery · quest
Without good reason
- inconvenientlyIn a troublesome manner
- all overIn every place
- back and forthRepeated alternating movement
- hither and thitherIn various directions
errands · chasing · searching · futilely · fruitlessly · wild goose chase · bothered · hassled
wandered
Moved without fixed course
rambled · directionless · purposeless · unfocused · haphazard · random · unchanneled · undirected · desultory · idle
trudged
Walked with effort
schlepped · trekked · footsore · fatigued · exhausted · worn · tired · labored · heavy-footed · wearily
strolled
Walked slowly, casually
dawdled · meandered · unhurried · languid · lolled · pottered · loitered · lingered · idled · lazily
roamed
Traveled without fixed course
ranged · gallivanted · gadded · journeyed · trekked · peregrinated · expedition · discovery · quest · adventure
unnecessarily
Without good reason
- inconvenientlyIn a troublesome manner
- all overIn every place
- back and forthRepeated alternating movement
hither and thither · errands · chasing · searching · futilely · fruitlessly · wild goose chase · bothered · hassled