'Roaming' definitions:
Definition of 'Roaming'
From: GCIDE
- Roam \Roam\ (r[=o]m), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Roamed (r[=o]md); p. pr. & vb. n. Roaming.] [OE. romen, ramen; cf. AS. [=a]r[=ae]man to raise, rise, D. ramen to hit, plan, aim, OS. r[=o]m[=o]n to strive after, OHG. r[=a]men. But the word was probably influenced by Rome; cf. OF. romier a pilgrim, originally, a pilgrim going to Rome, It. romeo, Sp. romero. Cf. Ramble.] To go from place to place without any certain purpose or direction; to rove; to wander. [1913 Webster]
- He roameth to the carpenter's house. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- Daphne roaming through a thorny wood. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: To wander; rove; range; stroll; ramble. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'roaming'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- afoot and lighthearted,
- bumming,
- circumforaneous,
- discursion,
- discursive,
- divagation,
- divagatory,
- drifting,
- errant,
- errantry,
- flitting,
- floating,
- footloose,
- footloose and fancy-free,
- fugitive,
- gadding,
- gypsy-like,
- gypsyish,
- hoboism,
- itineracy,
- itinerancy,
- landloping,
- meandering,
- migrational,
- migratory,
- nomad,
- nomadic,
- nomadism,
- peregrination,
- pererration,
- ramble,
- rambling,
- ranging,
- roam,
- rove,
- roving,
- shifting,
- straggling,
- straying,
- strolling,
- traipsing,
- transient,
- transitory,
- transmigratory,
- vagabond,
- vagabondage,
- vagabondia,
- vagabondism,
- vagrancy,
- vagrant,
- wandering,
- Wanderjahr,
- wanderlust,
- wayfaring