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Synonyms for roving

  • adjective

Most common

wandering nomadic nomad itinerant

All synonyms

Adjective

wandering, nomadic, itinerant, nomad, restless, vagrant, wanton, desultory, devious, errant, fickle, erratic, mobile, rambling, unsettled, rangy, peregrine, migratory, discursive, excursive, vagabond, inconstant

Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Moving about; having no fixed or permanent abode; travelling from place to place.

Related words

Phrases
roving bridge

Example sentences

  • wandering Just wandering around can be a good way to travel.
  • nomadic Nomadic peoples follow the water and grazing land.
  • nomad In two nomad camps are ten horses.
  • itinerant Tom's grandparents were itinerant farm workers.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
rovingsteady
wanderingrising
nomadicrising
nomadsteady
itinerantsteady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

5 letters
nomad2, rangy2
6 letters
mobile2, fickle2, wanton2, errant2
7 letters
erratic3, nomadic3, devious3, vagrant2
8 letters
restless2, rambling2, vagabond3
9 letters
wandering3, unsettled3, migratory4, itinerant4, peregrine3, desultory4, excursive
10 letters
discursive3, inconstant

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (nomad2 = 2 syllables).