Antonyms for wanderings

Grammar : Noun

Spell : won-der-ing

Phonetic Transcription : ˈwɒn dər ɪŋ

Definition of wanderings

Origin : Old English wandrian "move about aimlessly, wander," from West Germanic *wandrojan (cf. Old Frisian wondria, Middle Low German, Middle Dutch wanderen, German wandern "to wander," a variant form of the root represented in Old High German wantalon "to walk, wander"), from root *wend- "to turn" (see wind (v.)). In reference to the mind, affections, etc., attested from c.1400. Related: Wandered; wandering. The Wandering Jew of Christian legend first mentioned 13c. (cf. French le juif errant, German der ewige Jude).

As in journey : noun excursion
As in movement : noun motion, activity
As in odyssey : noun journey
As in route : noun path over which someone or something travels
As in travel : noun journey
As in emigration : noun migration
As in aberration : noun different from that expected
As in roving : noun wayfaring
As in immigration : noun emigration
As in irrelevancy : noun digression
As in parenthesis : noun digression
As in departure : noun deviation from normal, expected
As in digression : noun deviation; straying
As in excursion : noun journey

Example sentences :

In the wanderings of his mind the same duality of life followed him.
Extract from : « Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates » by Howard Pyle

The following is the story of the picture's wanderings, as told at Nuremberg.
Extract from : « Albert Durer » by T. Sturge Moore

In one of these wanderings he came on some of the waters of Greenbrier river.
Extract from : « Chronicles of Border Warfare » by Alexander Scott Withers

So poor a place he had not seen in all his wanderings through that abject land.
Extract from : « The Scapegoat » by Hall Caine

His fine, smooth skin was darkened by the exposure of his daily wanderings.
Extract from : « Dr. Sevier » by George W. Cable

It so happened that in their wanderings to and fro our glances met.
Extract from : « Chance » by Joseph Conrad

What foolish infatuation had ever suggested to me the Quixotism of these wanderings?
Extract from : « A Day's Ride » by Charles James Lever

But he related willingly the story of his wanderings, and told us all about the conquest of the bay.
Extract from : « Tales of Unrest » by Joseph Conrad

Guard, dear old Guard, will never accompany them more in their wanderings.
Extract from : « The Carroll Girls » by Mabel Quiller-Couch

The dagger of the assassin continued to track his wanderings.
Extract from : « Blackwoods Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 366, April, 1846 » by Various

Synonyms for wanderings

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