Synonyms of peripatetic

peripatetic

adjective

ˌper-ə-pə-ˈte-tik 

as in nomadic

traveling from place to place

a peripatetic reporter for a cable news network

Synonyms & Similar Words

• nomadic
• nomad
• itinerant
• peregrine
• ambulatory
• roving
• roaming
• migrant
• ambulant
• wandering
• ranging
• wayfaring
• on the move
• vagrant
• vagabond
• errant
• perambulatory
• migratory
• galavanting
• fugitive
• gallivanting
• walking
• footloose
• rambling
• meandering
• drifting
• sauntering
• strolling
• traipsing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• static
• stationary
• settled
• standing
• immobile
• motionless
• nonmoving
• still

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of peripatetic

The rebels who toppled Assad are led by Abu Mohammad al-Julani, a man who has spent the better part of his adult life as a peripatetic jihadist mercenary. —Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 13 Dec. 2024

Since the time of Jawaharlal Nehru, no Indian prime minister has been so peripatetic. —Sumit Ganguly, Foreign Affairs, 8 Mar. 2018

Among the other exhibitions König curated were the Austrian Pavilion at the Fiftieth Venice Biennale in 2003 and the peripatetic European biennial Manifesta 10 in St. Petersburg, Russia, in 2014. —News Desk, Artforum, 12 Aug. 2024

Her peripatetic lifestyle has deeply informed her clothes, which carry with them fragrance of escapism and the dream of travel. —Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 16 July 2024

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