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adjective as in meandering

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Later, information emerged that this sea lion is known for its wanderings.

This is counter-intuitive because spontaneous fluctuations and mind-wandering can also lead to depressive rumination and anxiety.

Similar to playing and dreaming is the wandering of our minds.

When psychologists do that, they find that mind-wandering is staggeringly frequent.

Mind-wandering is often considered a harmless quirk, as in the cliché of the scatter-brained professor.

Mr. Bachner found it by wandering through the market and identified a craftsmen here who works in a tiny booth.

And, in a gratuitous show of homicidal prowess, Moses kills two assassins he meets while wandering in the desert of Sinai.

After wandering at haphazard some little way I met a peasant in a sleigh.

He showed signs of a restless, wandering soul, someone searching for meaning around him.

I spotted American students wandering around London last week dressed in Stars and Stripes shorts and bikini tops.

She observed his pale looks, and the distracted wandering of his eyes; but she would not notice either.

This mode of learning promotes attention and prevents mind-wandering.

He paled a little, and sucked his lip, his eyes wandering to the girl, who stood in stolid inapprehension of what was being said.

John and Judas became the good and evil Wandering Jews of mediæval folklore.

He was relieved to learn that his grandson Moses Mole was not wandering about the garden, after all.

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Words related to wandering are not direct synonyms, but are associated with the word wandering . Browse related words to learn more about word associations.

noun as in different from that expected

• irregularity

adjective as in having no goal

• any which way
• bits and pieces
• directionless
• fits and starts
• hit-or-miss
• indiscriminate
• purposeless
• thoughtless
• unpredictable

adjective, adverb as in off the path or right direction

• off the mark

adjective as in having disordered thoughts and delusions

• flipped-out
• hallucinatory
• lightheaded
• off one's head
• out of one's head
• out of one's skull
• unreasonable

noun as in deviation from normal, expected

• branching off
• branching out
• declination
• latest thing
• new wrinkle

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On this page you'll find 93 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to wandering, such as: roving, winding, jaunting, roaming, strolling, and traveling.

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What is another word for wandering ?

Synonyms for wandering ˈwɒn dər ɪŋ wan·der·ing, this thesaurus page includes all potential synonyms, words with the same meaning and similar terms for the word wandering ., complete dictionary of synonyms and antonyms rate these synonyms: 0.0 / 0 votes.

Synonyms: roving , vagrant , rambling , strolling , discursive

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wandering, roving, vagabondage adjective

travelling about without any clear destination

"she followed him in his wanderings and looked after him"

Synonyms: roving , vagabondage

Antonyms: settled , direct

mobile, nomadic, peregrine, roving, wandering adjective

"a restless mobile society"; "the nomadic habits of the Bedouins"; "believed the profession of a peregrine typist would have a happy future"; "wandering tribes"

Synonyms: mobile , rambling , peregrine , planetary , nomadic , roving , meandering(a) , erratic , winding , wandering(a) , fluid

meandering(a), rambling, wandering(a), winding adjective

of a path e.g.

"meandering streams"; "rambling forest paths"; "the river followed its wandering course"; "a winding country road"

erratic, planetary, wandering adjective

having no fixed course

"an erratic comet"; "his life followed a wandering course"; "a planetary vagabond"

Synonyms: planetal , winding , nomadic , quicksilver(a) , rambling , meandering(a) , wandering(a) , terrestrial , erratic , peregrine , worldwide , planetary , world-wide , mobile , fickle , temperamental , global , world(a) , roving , mercurial

Antonyms: direct , settled

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wandering noun

Synonyms: roving , rambling , travelling , travel , peregrination , excursion , range , roaming

Synonyms: aberration , deviation from rectitude

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wandering adjective

Synonyms: nomadic , migratory , itinerant , vagrant , vagabond , landloping , wayfaring , errant , unsettled , devious , excursive , digressive , deviating

Synonyms: rambling , ranging , roving , strolling , itineracy , peregrination , pilgrimage , digression , expatiation , departure , deviation , divergence , errantry , aberration , delirium , raving , irrationality , divagation

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List of paraphrases for "wandering":

stray , curfew , roaming

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This is a time of uncertainty and planning can help establish a sense of normalcy for kids, not to mention, preparing the lunch just as if you would pack it for school will help prevent your children from mindless eating and wandering to the kitchen.

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We didn't know what to do with ourselves without them, we’ve been kind of wandering around just missing them.

Bern Williams :

Ideas are like wandering sons. They show up when you least expect them.

We’ve been kind of wandering around just missing them.

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The first evidence we found of this species was a shed exoskeleton in the cracks of a rock overhang, the exoskeleton was abnormally big and I could tell by the eye pattern that it was in a group of spiders, wandering spiders from the Family Ctenidae, with very few species in Baja California Sur.

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Translations for wandering, from our multilingual translation dictionary.

• errante Spanish
• سیار Persian
• errance French
• allaban Scottish Gaelic
• vagabundo Galician
• vapp Icelandic
• vagus Latin
• vagar Portuguese
• vandrande Swedish
• lang thang Vietnamese
• וואַנדערינג Yiddish

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The first definition of wandering in the dictionary is not fixed; meandering. Other definition of wandering is wandering is used to describe people who travel around rather than staying in one place for a long time. Wandering is also of or relating to a medieval performer who travelled from place to place, performing songs, reciting poetry, etc.

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wander verb ( MOVE AROUND )

• walk The baby has just learned to walk.
• stride She strode purposefully up to the desk and demanded to speak to the manager.
• march He marched right in to the office and demanded to see the governor.
• stroll We strolled along the beach.
• wander She wandered from room to room, not sure of what she was looking for.
• amble She ambled down the street, looking in shop windows.
• crawl There'd been a bad accident on the motorway and traffic was crawling.
• trundle Lorries trundle through the narrow lanes.
• creep He crept downstairs, hardly making any noise.
• trudge They trudged wearily through the snow.
• stroll We spent the afternoon strolling around Budapest.
• amble He ambled over to the window.
• Don't worry if you lose hold of the reins - the horse won't wander off.
• He wandered around, clearing up in a desultory way.
• We wandered along the shore , stepping over the flotsam that had washed up in the night .
• We wandered through the beautifully proportioned rooms of the Winter Palace.
• She was wandering around in a daze this morning .
• His eyes wandered over the posters adorning the walls .
• dumbwalking

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• bury the lede idiom
• candy coating
• candy-coated
• circumlocution
• circumlocutory
• gloss over something
• go off on a tangent idiom
• mealy-mouthed
• prevaricate
• unexpressed

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Potential juror participated in Women's March

We are nearing the end of this batch of potential alternate jurors responding to the jury questionnaire. The current potential juror speaking was born in India and grew up in Minnesota. She said she participated in the Women's March, a protest after Trump was elected president in 2016.

Potential juror's father is lifelong friend of Chris Christie

The 17th potential juror to speak today said her father is a lifelong friend of former Republican New Jersey Governor Chris Christie. Christie was a strong supporter of Trump during the 2016 general election and most of Trump's presidency, but he broke with Trump after Trump refused to accept the results of the 2020 presidential election.

14th potential juror volunteered for Clinton campaign

The 14th potential juror to speak today may not be someone the Trump legal team wants as an alternate. He said he volunteered for the Clinton campaign. That appears to be the Hillary Clinton presidential campaign. The juror questionnaire asks if the jury candidates have ever attended a campaign event for any anti-Trump group or organization.

The man said he gets his news from The New York Times. He doesn't watch much TV, but his television news would be from MSNBC, he said.

Third potential alternate juror excused over impartiality concerns

A third potential juror was excused at the get-go of her time to speak today. She said after reading the 42 questions on the jury questionnaire yesterday, she doesn't think she can be impartial. Judge Merchan released her.

Trump awake, alert again for past several potential jurors

After appearing to be sleepy and struggling to stay awake as potential jurors responded to the jury questionnaire earlier this morning, Trump has been fully awake through the past several potential jurors speaking.

We are on the eleventh potential juror to speak this morning.

Trump Media stock price

At open on Thursday April 19, Trump Media & Technology Group Corp's share price rose to $36.95, up 11.33% from Wednesday April 18's close.

– Kinsey Crowley

Another potential juror says she doesn't think she can be impartial

A woman was excused after she said, upon learning of the questions posed to potential jurors, she doesn't think she can be impartial.

Trump continues to appear sleepy

Trump's eyes have often been closed for extended periods – dozens of seconds at a time – as the third potential juror to respond to the jury questionnaire this morning is speaking.

At one point, his mouth went agape for seconds as his eyes were closed. He just opened his eyes as the jury candidate said she might have read his book, "Trump: The Art of the Deal," when she was younger.

Trump appears sleepy

Trump's eyes have been closed almost entirely for more than two minutes as the second potential juror to be questioned this morning is speaking.

His head dropped down at least three times before he lifted it back up. After the third time, he opened his eyes and said something to his lawyer, Emil Bove. He is now looking around.

First potential alternate juror excused

The first potential juror to be questioned this morning was quickly excused. She raised at the get-go her anxiety about participating in the trial. She said she worried people in her life would figure out she was on the jury over time, even without her telling them, and that could prevent her from being fair and impartial.

Judge Merchan excused her.

Potential jurors arrive and receive questionnaire

The potential alternate jurors who will be questioned to start off the morning have arrived and been passed a copy of the 42-question jury questionnaire.

– Aysha Bagch i

Judge Juan Merchan arrives

Judge Juan Merchan just arrived. One lawyer from each side introduced those at their table, including Trump. The judge said generally, "Good morning," and continued his common practice of greeting Trump directly: "Good morning, Mr. Trump."

Trump enters the courtroom

Former President Donald Trump just entered the courtroom and took a seat at the defense table in between defense lawyers Todd Blanche and Emil Bove. Prosecutors are also seated at their table in the courtroom.

What is Trump on trial for?

Trump has pleaded not guilty to charges that he falsified business records to cover up a hush money payment to porn star Stormy Daniels that was designed to unlawfully interfere in the 2016 presidential election.

The payment was made by former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen and violated federal campaign finance laws, according to prosecutors. They say Trump authorized the payment to help his presidential campaign, and falsified records to cover up the checks he sent to reimburse Cohen for the hush money.

Who are Donald Trump's lawyers?

Trump's defense team is led by Todd Blanche and Susan Necheles .

Blanche was a federal prosecutor for nine years in the Southern District of New York, which includes Manhattan. As a prominent white-collar defense lawyer he has defended Trump advisor Boris Epshteyn and Trump’s former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort.

Necheles is ranked among the top criminal defense lawyers in New York by the legal rating and head-hunting firm Chambers and Partners. She was also a  former counsel to Venero Mangano , the former Genovese crime family underboss known as Benny Eggs..  

– Josh Meyer

Who is Juan Merchan?

Juan Merchan is the New York judge presiding over Donald Trump's hush money trial, the first criminal trial of a former U.S. president in history.

He was appointed to a family court by Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg in 2006 and appointed to the felony court a few years later.

Trump has repeatedly attacked Merchan, calling him biased because Merchan's daughter works for a marketing firm with Democratic politicians as clients, but an ethics committee has not found grounds to question Merchan's objectivity.

Merchan has ruled against Trump in the past when he presided over a 2022 tax-fraud trial of two parts of the Trump Organization.

So far in this trial, Merchan has imposed a gag order against Trump commenting on witnesses, court staff or prosecutors, expanded it to prohibit comments on family members of himself and Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, and refused Trump's request to delay the trial

– Kinsey Crowley & Bart Jansen

Will the Trump trial be televised or live streamed?

New York court rules  state that audio-visual coverage of trials is not permitted unless a representative of the news media submits an application and the judge allows it, which has not happened for this trial.

– Kinsey Crowley & Aysha Bagchi

What is a Sandoval hearing?

The judge said he could hold a "Sandoval hearing" today. That's a hearing where the judge would consider what kind of evidence the prosecution may introduce on Trump's prior "bad acts" if he chooses to testify.

Trump said last week he plans to testify, although he also said he would testify when the defense had a chance to put on witnesses in his civil fraud trial, only to back out the day before he was scheduled to take the stand.

According to March court filings , the prosecution wants to question Trump about several legal determinations, including a civil jury's finding that Trump sexually abused New York writer E. Jean Carroll.

Definition of 'wandering'

wandering in American English

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