Astray

/əˈstɹeɪ/

Synonyms for "astray" (103 found)

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Closest matches (21)

abashed aberrant abroad adrift afieldall abroadall offall wrongamiss askewat faultat seaawry badlybelow the markbeside the markbeside the pointbewildered bootlessly bothered

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clear

Strong matches (31)

clueless confused corrupt deceptive defective delusive deviant deviational deviative discomposed disconcerted dismayed disoriented distorted distracted distraught disturbed embarrassed errant erring

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erroneous erroneously fallacious fallaciously false falselyfar afieldfar from itfaultful faultfully

Adverb(1 words)

errant

Related words (51)

faultily faulty flawed fruitlessly guessing heretical heterodox illogical illusoryin a fixin a mazein a picklein a scrapein a stewin vainlost mazed mistakenlynot rightnot true

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offoff the trackout peccant perturbed perverse pervertedput output-out self-contradictory strayingto no purposeturned aroundunfactual unfavorably unorthodox unproved untrue untruly upset vainly widewithout a cluewrong wrongly

Adverb(6 words)

incorrectly misguided misleadinglyoff courseoff trackwide

Related word relations

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5 relation types

More general

4 entries

adverb deviationdirectional adverbmisdirection

More specific

4 entries

drift off courseerroneous thinkinggo off coursemisinterpretation

Collocations

9 entries

astray beliefsastray from the pathastray in judgmentastray thinkingdriven astraygo astraygone astraylead astrayled astray

Inflections

2 entries

more astraymost astray

Derivations

1 entries

astrayness

Sample sentences

11 total sentences available.

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We went astray in the woods.

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I have gone astray somewhere in my calculations.

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My letter must have gone astray in the mail.

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The little girl will go astray if no one cares much about her.

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