Synonyms for perambulatory
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : per-am-byuh-leyt |
| Phonetic Transcription : pərˈæm byəˌleɪt |
Top 10 synonyms for perambulatory
- aimless
- ambulant
- ambulatory
- destitute
- discursive
- drifting
- errant
- fancy-free
- footloose
- globe-trotting
- gypsy
- itinerate
- jet-setting
- mendicant
- migrant
- migratory
- moving
- nomadic
- perambulant
- perambulatory
- prodigal
- rambling
- roaming
- rootless
- roving
- rubbernecking
- sauntering
- shifting
- shiftless
- straggling
- stray
- strolling
- transient
- traveling
- travelling
- unsettled
- vagabond
- vagarious
- vagrant
- voyaging
- walking
- wayfaring
- wayward
Définition of perambulatory
Origin :- 1560s, from Latin perambulatus, past participle of perambulare "to walk through, go through, ramble through," from per- "through" (see per) + ambulare "to walk" (see amble). Related: Perambulated; perambulating.
- As in nomadic : adj itinerant
- As in vagabond : adj unsettled; vagrant
- As in wayfaring : adj traveling
- As in roaming : adj moving around
- As in ambulatory : adj changing position; able to move under own power
- In vain I strove to be registered among the 'hidden treasure' spirits, with the perambulatory privileges pertaining to the class.
- Extract from : « The King of Schnorrers » by Israel Zangwill
- She put her elbow on a couple of pickled gherkins that remained casually on the table after a perambulatory meal.
- Extract from : « The Belovd Vagabond » by William J. Locke
- It mattered little who the girl of the moment might be, she could not hope to or even seek to hold his perambulatory affections.
- Extract from : « The Husbands of Edith » by George Barr McCutcheon
- An omnibus has always appeared to me, to be a perambulatory exhibition-room of the eccentricities of human nature.
- Extract from : « Basil » by Wilkie Collins
Antonyms for perambulatory
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