Synonyms for roving
rov·ing

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1. rovingadjective

   Synonyms:
   wandering

2. rovingadjective

   wandering freely.

   Synonyms:
   wandering

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. wandering, roving, vagabondageadjective

   travelling about without any clear destination

   "she followed him in his wanderings and looked after him"

   Synonyms:
   wandering, vagabondage

   Antonyms:
   settled

2. mobile, nomadic, peregrine, roving, wanderingadjective

   migratory

   "a restless mobile society"; "the nomadic habits of the Bedouins"; "believed the profession of a peregrine typist would have a happy future"; "wandering tribes"

   Synonyms:
   wandering, mobile, rambling, peregrine, planetary, nomadic, meandering(a), erratic, winding, wandering(a), fluid

   Antonyms:
   settled

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1. List of paraphrases for "roving":

   tour, itinerant, touring, circuit, mobile, travelling, assize, dubbing

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   My hypothesis is that the human brain should always allow for enough room for at least one roving byte.