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wanderlust

ˈwɑːndərˌlʌstnoun

What does wanderlust mean?

A strong urge to travel and see new places.

Wanderlust, six ways

PlainA strong urge to travel and see new places.
ADHDItchy feet. Must travel. Now.
Gen ZThat itch to book a flight somewhere you have never been.
MetaphorA compass needle that will not settle while you are at home.
FormalA strong desire to travel and explore the world.
Like I’m 5Wanting so badly to go somewhere new that you cannot sit still. That’s wanderlust.

How to pronounce wanderlust

WON-der-lust/ˈwɑːndərˌlʌst/

Wanderlust in a sentence

Her wanderlust took her to forty countries.
Every departures board gives me wanderlust.
Wanderlust drove generations of travel writers.

Synonyms for wanderlust

restlessnessCan’t settle; broader.
itchy feetCasual idiom.

Where wanderlust comes from

German. Wandern, to hike, and Lust, desire. English borrowed it around 1900.

Good to know

A strong urge to travel, often with no particular place in mind. It is a feeling, not a trip: you have wanderlust before you book anything.

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