" knock (about) "

1: to move about from place to place aimlessly;

  * e.g., " ... we knocked about from town to town, looking for work "

•  Synonyms : 

•  bat,

•  cruise,

•  drift,

•  float,

•  gad (about),

•  gallivant,

•  kick around,

•  maunder,

•  meander,

•  mooch,

•  ramble,

•  range,

•  roam,

•  rove,

•  traipse,

•  wander

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

1: being rough or noisy in a high-spirited way;

  * e.g., " ... a knockabout game of football in the mud "

•  Synonyms : 

•  boisterous,

•  hell-raising,

•  rambunctious,

•  raucous,

•  robustious,

•  roisterous,

•  rollicking,

•  rowdy,

•  rumbustious

•  Antonyms : 

•  orderly

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

  * e.g., " ... the book is one writer's journey of self-discovery as a restless knockabout "

•  Synonyms : 

•  drifter,

•  gadabout,

•  gypsy,

•  maunderer,

•  nomad,

•  rambler,

•  roamer,

•  rover,

•  stroller,

•  vagabond,

•  wanderer,

•  wayfarer

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)