<p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>moving from place to place without a fixed plan; roaming; rambling: Crowds of wandering tourists crossed the square.</li><li>having no permanent residence; nomadic: They were historically a wandering people, moving seasonally through the area.</li><li>meandering; winding: They followed a wandering path down the mountain.</li></ul><p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>an aimless roving about; leisurely traveling from place to place: For our honeymoon we had a period of delightful wandering through Italy.</li><li>usually wanders; aimless travels; meanderings: Her wanderings took her all over the world.</li><li>disordered thoughts or utterances; incoherencies: mental wanderings; the wanderings of delirium.</li><li>seemingly aimless or random movement from one place to another by a person with a mental or cognitive disability or impairment: elopement (def 2). Wandering by Alzheimer’s patients is a problem in nursing homes.</li></ul>