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1. Migratory
   "a restless roving society"
   - mobile, nomadic, peregrine, wandering

1. Travelling about without any clear destination
   "she followed him in his rovings and looked after him"
   - wandering, vagabondage

1. Move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
   "roving vagabonds"
   - roll, wander, swan, stray, tramp, roam, cast, ramble, range, drift, vagabond

Derived forms: rovings

See also: unsettled

Type of: go, locomote, move, travel, traveling [US], travelling [Brit, Cdn]

Encyclopedia: Rove