Meaning & use

wanderlust

noun·Advanced

A strong desire to travel and explore the world.

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Her wanderlust led her to backpack through a dozen countries after college.

Reading travel blogs online only fed his growing sense of wanderlust.

A note on using this word

Wanderlust comes from German and describes an ongoing craving to travel, not a single trip.

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