traveling
adjective
trav·el·ing ˈtra-və-liŋ 
ˈtrav-liŋ
variants or travelling
1
: going to different places instead of staying in one place
a traveling opera company
a traveling executive
Traveling merchants carried the caps to Mexico City, where tourists bought them.
Ambar Past
see also traveling salesman Ambar Past2
: carried by, used by, or accompanying a traveler
a traveling alarm clock
a traveling companion
Another useful traveling tool is the compass. Barbara Riedel Sheedy
Barbara Riedel Sheedy
Example Sentences
a troupe of traveling actors
Recent Examples on the Web The disease even spread within the continental U.S., sickening more than 200 people in Florida and Texas and affecting thousands more traveling and in U.S. territories, according to CDC data. Robert Hart, Forbes, 12 Apr. 2022 But baby apparently got the non-traveling alleles from both parents, and therefore is not a time traveler. Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 23 Nov. 2021 As more states ease their indoor dining restrictions and the CDC has given the all-clear (for the most part) to the fully vaccinated for both traveling and small gatherings, restaurants are starting to feel alive again. Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 13 Aug. 2021 There’s a little traveling wave of laughter as people spot the Nietzsche on his bedside table or register his Poetic Justice T-shirt. Helen Shaw, Vulture, 9 Aug. 2021 Fenhaus’ team is comparable to weekly regulars but a relatively small, low-budget operation when held up to some of those that do more traveling and race in such regional series as the ARCA Midwest Tour. Dave Kallmann, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 16 May 2021 O'Brien played on PHH Prep's non-traveling Red team during the 2020-21 prep basketball season after transferring from Chandler Basha last summer. Dana Scott, The Arizona Republic, 7 Apr. 2021 Also the changes in lifestyle — less eating out, less traveling, no live entertainment — have allowed some Americans to make their financial lives healthier. CBS News, 10 Mar. 2021 This implies that the schedules will look a lot different if there is a season to be played, possibly with fewer games and less traveling. Dallas News, 31 July 2020 See More
Robert Hart, Forbes, 12 Apr. 2022 But baby apparently got the non-traveling alleles from both parents, and therefore is not a time traveler. Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 23 Nov. 2021 As more states ease their indoor dining restrictions and the CDC has given the all-clear (for the most part) to the fully vaccinated for both traveling and small gatherings, restaurants are starting to feel alive again. Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 13 Aug. 2021 There’s a little traveling wave of laughter as people spot the Nietzsche on his bedside table or register his Poetic Justice T-shirt. Helen Shaw, Vulture, 9 Aug. 2021 Fenhaus’ team is comparable to weekly regulars but a relatively small, low-budget operation when held up to some of those that do more traveling and race in such regional series as the ARCA Midwest Tour. Dave Kallmann, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 16 May 2021 O'Brien played on PHH Prep's non-traveling Red team during the 2020-21 prep basketball season after transferring from Chandler Basha last summer. Dana Scott, The Arizona Republic, 7 Apr. 2021 Also the changes in lifestyle — less eating out, less traveling, no live entertainment — have allowed some Americans to make their financial lives healthier. CBS News, 10 Mar. 2021 This implies that the schedules will look a lot different if there is a season to be played, possibly with fewer games and less traveling. Dallas News, 31 July 2020 See More Word History
First Known Use
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Phrases Containing traveling
traveling 1 of 2
adjective
variants or travelling
as in roaming
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- roaming
- wandering
- ranging
- nomadic
- vagabond
- wayfaring
- roving
- itinerant
- peripatetic
- walking
- tramp
- vagrant
- migrant
- migratory
- peregrine
- mobile
- fugitive
- traipsing
- errant
- strolling
- gallivanting
- galavanting
- sauntering
- drifting
- ambulatory
- meandering
- gadabout
- ambulant
- rambling
- fiddle-footed
- footloose
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- resident
- stationary
- nonmigrant
- settled
- fixed
- nonmigratory
- immobile
- sedentary
- established
- fast
- set
- rooted
traveling
2 of 2verb
variants or travelling
1
as in touring
to take a trip especially of some distance the couple loves to travel and has been to 34 countries Synonyms & Similar Words
- touring
- journeying
- trekking
- wandering
- riding
- roaming
- voyaging
- tripping
- flying
- cruising
- pilgrimaging
- sailing
- hopping
- driving
- peregrinating
- migrating
- jaunting
- gallivanting
- traipsing
- roving
- galavanting
- road-tripping
- navigating
- busing
- perambulating
- motoring
- coaching
- bussing
- gigging
- rambling
- trundling
- jetting
- cabbing
- barnstorming
- rolling
- knocking (about)
2
as in traversing
to make one's way through, across, or over will travel the river for a while and then continue on land Synonyms & Similar Words
- traversing
- walking
- following
- crossing
- navigating
- riding
- transiting
- tracking
- hiking
- covering
- peregrinating
- treading
- going
- perambulating
- coursing
- traipsing
- tramping
- running
- cutting (across)
- crisscrossing
- passing (over)
- proceeding (along)
3
as in flying
to proceed or move quickly that racehorse can definitely travel Synonyms & Similar Words
- flying
- driving
- chasing
- blasting
- racing
- bowling
- blowing
- blazing
- buzzing
- jumping
- trotting
- motoring
- cannonballing
- running
- speeding
- shooting
- stepping
- hurrying
- tearing
- hurling
- careering
- breezing
- accelerating
- scooting
- hustling
- rushing
- bombing
- ripping
- zooming
- scuttling
- jetting
- haring
- ramming
- zipping
- whisking
- bustling
- scurrying
- overtaking
- careening
- hying
- hurtling
- barreling
- coursing
- humping
- whirling
- bundling
- rocketing
- dashing
- hastening
- darting
- bolting
- pelting
- rustling
- jogging
- highballing
- nipping
- beating it
- belting
- galloping
- flitting
- hieing
- barrelling
- scampering
- making tracks
- shaking a leg
- whizzing
- scuffling
- stepping on it
- scudding
- getting a move on
- streaking
- cracking (on)
- sprinting
- stampeding
- hotfooting (it)
- beetling
- outrunning
- stepping out
- arrowing
- outpacing
- quickening
- outstripping
- beelining
- catching up
- fast-forwarding
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- crawling
- creeping
- dragging
- poking
- strolling
- lingering
- hanging (around or out)
- lagging
- poking
- dawdling
- loitering
- shuffling
- sauntering
- ambling
- dallying
- plodding
- decelerating
- tarrying
- lumbering
- dillydallying
- slowing (down or up)
4
as in running
to come or be together as friends he traveled with a fast crowd when he was in college Synonyms & Similar Words
- running
- connecting
- mingling
- associating
- mixing
- collaborating
- hobnobbing
- rallying
- fraternizing
- joining
- sorting
- consorting
- bonding
- befriending
- chumming
- consociating
- socializing
- relating
- clubbing
- teaming
- messing around
- tying
- companying
- cooperating
- wedding
- being friends with
- coupling
- hooking up
- grouping
- attaching
- leaguing
- rubbing elbows (with)
- linking
- taking up with
- hanging (around or out)
- keeping company (with)
- rubbing shoulders (with)
- affiliating
- getting along
- confederating
- siding
- allying
- knotting
- interrelating
- falling in with
- banding
- conjoining
- ganging
- getting on
- palling (around)
- colluding
- friending
- tieing
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- avoiding
- shunning
- snubbing
- dispersing
- alienating
- splitting
- estranging
- splitting (up)
- divorcing
- disbanding
- dissociating
- breaking up
- cold-shouldering
- severing
- disjoining
- sundering
- disuniting
Phrases Containing traveling
- entrench
- entrenched
- entrenched meander
- entrenches
- entrenching
- entrenchment
- entrenchments
- entrepots
- entrepreneur
- entrepreneurial
- entrepreneurialism
- entrepreneurialisms
- entrepreneurially
- entrepreneurisms
- entrepreneurs
- entrepreneurship
- entrepreneurships
- entrepreneuse
- entrepreneuses
- entrepôt
- entresol
- entresols
- entries
- entrisms
- entrists