wanderings
Meandering without destination
Wanderings are travels without a fixed destination or plan, often over an extended period.
The word suggests aimlessness—physical or mental.
A nomad's wanderings take them across continents; the wanderings of a feverish mind jump from thought to thought.
His wanderings eventually brought him to a small village in Portugal.
She listened patiently to his wanderings.
Walking without urgency
- strollingWalking at ease
- saunteringWalking in unhurried manner
- ramblingLong-winded and unfocused
- driftingMoving without purpose
roaming · straying · moseying · dawdling · pottering · traipsing · promenading · loitering
Extended adventurous journey
- pilgrimageReligious journey to shrine
- voyageJourney by sea
- trekArduous overland journey
- sojournBrief stay away
traverse · peregrination · itinerant · nomadic · wayfaring · migration · passage · roving
Veering off topic
- tangentLine touching curve once
- reverieAbstracted, pleasant daydream
- daydreamConscious fantasy while awake
- musingReflective contemplation
distraction · deviation · rumination · wool-gathering · stream-of-consciousness · abstraction · inattention · unfocused
Organized exploratory journey
- discoveryAct of finding something
- adventureRisky exciting undertaking
- questSeeking journey for something
- explorerOne who investigates unfamiliar regions
uncharted · terrain · wilderness · frontier · safari · excursion · cartography · trailblazer
ambling
Walking without urgency
- strollingWalking at ease
- saunteringWalking in unhurried manner
- ramblingLong-winded and unfocused
drifting · roaming · straying · moseying · dawdling · pottering · traipsing · promenading · loitering · gallivanting
odyssey
Extended adventurous journey
- pilgrimageReligious journey to shrine
- voyageJourney by sea
- trekArduous overland journey
sojourn · traverse · peregrination · itinerant · nomadic · wayfaring · migration · passage · roving · peripatetic
digression
Veering off topic
- tangentLine touching curve once
- reverieAbstracted, pleasant daydream
- daydreamConscious fantasy while awake
musing · distraction · deviation · rumination · wool-gathering · stream-of-consciousness · abstraction · inattention · unfocused · scattered
expedition
Organized exploratory journey
- discoveryAct of finding something
- adventureRisky exciting undertaking
- questSeeking journey for something
explorer · uncharted · terrain · wilderness · frontier · safari · excursion · cartography · trailblazer · pioneer
- OdysseyOdysseus, Penelope, Telemachus, Ithaca, Homer
- travel writingtravelogue, travelogues, travel memoir, travel memoirs, travel diaries
- Roman epicVirgil, Aeneid, Aeneas, Sibyl, in medias res
- explorationexploration, explore, expedition, expeditions, voyage
- traveltrip, trips, journey, journeys, travel
wanderingsitinerary
Planned sequence of destinations
mission · direct route · beeline · expedition · pilgrimage
wanderingssettlement
Resolved dispute or colony
staying put · rootedness · residence · permanence · sedentariness
- wandering offDeparting aimlessly, unnoticed
- wandering eyeTendency to ogle others
- wandering aimlesslyMoving without purpose or goal
- wandering thoughtsUnfocused mental meandering
- wandering soulRestless, rootless person
- wandering monk