" gad (about) "

1: as in gallivanting, sauntering;

•  Synonyms : 

•  ambulant,

•  ambulatory,

•  drifting,

•  fiddle-footed,

•  footloose,

•  gallivanting,

•  meandering,

•  rambling,

•  sauntering,

•  strolling,

•  traipsing,

•  walking,

•  errant,

•  fugitive,

•  itinerant,

•  nomadic,

•  peregrine,

•  peripatetic,

•  ranging,

•  roaming,

•  roving,

•  tramp,

•  traveling,

•  vagabond,

•  vagrant,

•  wandering,

•  wayfaring,

•  migrant,

•  migratory,

•  mobile

•  Antonyms : 

•  nonmigrant,

•  nonmigratory,

•  resident,

•  immobile,

•  stationary,

•  established,

•  fast,

•  fixed,

•  rooted,

•  sedentary,

•  set,

•  settled

1: to move about from place to place aimlessly;

  * e.g., " ... he gads about town every Saturday, flirting and gossiping with various shopkeepers and locals "

•  Synonyms : 

•  bat,

•  cruise,

•  drift,

•  float,

•  gallivant,

•  kick around,

•  knock (about),

•  maunder,

•  meander,

•  mooch,

•  ramble,

•  range,

•  roam,

•  rove,

•  traipse,

•  wander

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

1: a person who roams about without a fixed route or destination;

  * e.g., " ... she was a thoughtful gadabout, always picking up souvenirs for her friends from wherever her travels took her "

•  Synonyms : 

•  drifter,

•  gypsy,

•  knockabout,

•  maunderer,

•  nomad,

•  rambler,

•  roamer,

•  rover,

•  stroller,

•  vagabond,

•  wanderer,

•  wayfarer

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)