Meanings
- not comparableWhich wanders; travelling from place to place.
This was the time when Venerable Master Hsing Yun first arrived in Taiwan as a wandering monk and was refused lodgings. He was nearly reduced to begging on the street. Fortunately, the old Venerable Miaoguo of Yuanguang Temple in Chungli took him in.
2013, Xuan Pan, Hsing Yun, “When You Stop By the Four Permanent Exhibits”, in Robert Smitheram, transl., Buddha Land in the Human World: The Making of the Buddha Memorial Center, 1st English edition, Buddha's Light Publishing, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 64 - not comparablemedicineAbnormally capable of moving in certain directions.
a wandering kidney; a wandering liver
plural wanderings
- Travelling without preset route; roaming.
- Irregular turning of the eyes.
- Aimless thought.
- Straying from a desired path.
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of wander
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveof a path e.g.
nountravelling about without any clear destination
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Ancient Greek πλάνη, ἄλη
- πλάνη (plánē)roaming
- ἄλη (álē)roaming
Bulgarian скитащ, странстващ
- скитащ (skitašt)which wanders
- странстващ (stranstvašt)which wanders
- скитане (skitane)roaming
- странстване (stranstvane)roaming
- блуждаене (bluždaene)straying
- бълнуване (bălnuvane)disordered speech
- несвързано говорене (nesvărzano govorene)disordered speech
French errement, errance
- errementroaming
- erranceroaming
- errementaimless thought
- divagationaimless thought
- errementstraying
Greek περιπλανώμενος
- περιπλανώμενος (periplanómenos)which wanders
Hindi घुमक्कड़
- घुमक्कड़ (ghumakkaṛ)which wanders
Icelandic vapp
- vapproaming
Irish fán, fánaíocht
- fánroaming
- fánaíochtroaming
- seachránstraying
Korean 방랑
- 방랑 (bangnang)roaming
Latin vagus, errābundus
- vaguswhich wanders
- errābunduswhich wanders
- vagabunduswhich wanders
- vagusroaming
Māori tihoitanga, kotititanga
- tihoitangaroaming
- kotititangastraying
Polish wędrowny, wędrowny
- wędrownywhich wanders
- wędrownyroaming
Portuguese errante, vagante
- errantewhich wanders
- vagantewhich wanders
Russian блужда́ющий, стра́нствующий
- блужда́ющий (bluždájuščij)which wanders
- стра́нствующий (stránstvujuščij)which wanders
- скита́ющийся (skitájuščijsja)which wanders
- блужда́ния (bluždánija)roaming
- стра́нствия (stránstvija)roaming
- скита́ния (skitánija)roaming
Scottish Gaelic air seachran, allaban
- air seachranwhich wanders
- allabanroaming
Spanish errabundo, andariego
- errabundowhich wanders
- andariegowhich wanders
- errantewhich wanders
- peripatéticowhich wanders
Cite this entry
wandering. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wandering
“wandering.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wandering. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “wandering,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wandering.
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