wayfaring

/'wei,reəriɳ/

Thân thiện

A poor wayfaring stranger walks along a dusty country road.

Definition

1. Adjective:

   • Traveling, especially on foot: Describes someone who is journeying, typically by walking, often over long distances or as a habitual activity.

2. Noun:

   • The act of traveling, especially on foot: Refers to the journey or process of traveling, with a connotation of walking.

Usage and Examples

• Adjective:

  • The kind innkeeper offered shelter to the wayfaring stranger. (The kind innkeeper offered shelter to the traveling stranger.)
  • He lived a wayfaring life, never staying in one town for long. (He lived a traveling life, never staying in one town for long.)

• Noun:

  • His wayfaring took him through many ancient forests. (His traveling took him through many ancient forests.)
  • The book is a tale of adventure and wayfaring. (The book is a tale of adventure and journeying.)

Advanced Usage

• "Wayfaring man/stranger": A traditional or literary term for a traveler, often implying someone on a long, possibly solitary, journey.
  • The old song tells the story of a poor wayfaring man of grief. (The old song tells the story of a poor traveling man of grief.)

Variants and Related Words

• Wayfarer (n): A person who travels on foot; a traveler.

  • The wayfarer stopped to rest under the old oak tree. (The traveler stopped to rest under the old oak tree.)

• Wayfare (v, archaic): To travel, especially on foot.

  • They would wayfare across the countryside in search of work. (They would travel across the countryside in search of work.)

Synonyms

• Traveling: Going from one place to another.
• Journeying: The act of traveling from one place to another.
• Peripatetic: Traveling from place to place, especially working or based in various places.
• Itinerant: Traveling from place to place.

Antonyms

• Sedentary: Tending to spend much time seated; not traveling or moving about.
• Stationary: Not moving or not intended to be moved.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. traveling especially on foot
   • peripatetic country preachers
   • a poor wayfaring stranger

Noun

1. traveling (especially on foot)

Từ đồng nghĩa

• peripatetic