Ramble

/ˈɹæmbəl/

Synonyms for "ramble" (271 found)

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Closest matches (55)

Noun(14 words)

meander babel blather blither burble burbles clattering creep digressing digression discourse drift drivelling drone

afoot and lightheartedairing amble babble batbat aroundbe insaneblab blabber blather blether bum bumming chat chatter clack clatter constitutionalcount tiesdepart

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deviate digress discursion dither divagate divagation diverge dote drift drifting drivel

Verb(10 words)

babbled belabor cast chattered clattered digressed digresses drift driveling drivelled

Strong matches (81)

Noun(19 words)

drones droning expatiating gabble gadabout gibbering hikes hiking incoherence jabber jabbers maundering meandering meanders monologue monologues moseys mutters palavering

drool err errantry excurse excursion expatiate flit flittingforced marchgab gabble gadgad aboutgadding gallivant gasget sidetrackedgibber gibble-gabblego about

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go adriftgo astraygo awaygo offgo ongo the roundsgossip gushhave a demonhaver hikehit the roadhit the trailhobo hoboism itineracy itinerancy jabber jaunt jaw knockknock aboutknock aroundmarch maunder meander mooch mosey mush natter nomadism nomadize palaver parade

Verb(8 words)

gabbed gibbered gibbers jabbered jog maundered maunders meandered

Related words (135)

patter perambulate peregrinate peregrination pererrate pererrationperipatetic journeyperipateticismpour forthprate prattle project promenade prowl rageramble onrambling range rant rattle

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rattle onravereel offroam roaming rove rovingrun aboutrun amokrun madrun onsaunter schlep scramble slaver slobber snake spoutspout offsprangle sprawlspread eaglespread-eagle straddle straggle stray straying stretch strolltalk awaytalk nonsensetalk ontittle-tattle tour traipse traipsing tramp travel trek trudge turnturn asidetwaddle twattle twisttwist and turnvagabond vagabondage vagabondia vagabondism vagabondize vagrancy waffle walkwalk the trackswalkaboutwalking tourwander wandering wanderjahr wanderlust wayfare wayfaring wind yak yakkety-yak

Noun(26 words)

pattering patters piffle prattle rabbit rabbiting raves riffs rigamarole rigmaroles roam saunters spiel spread strays stroll strolls tootle traipses tramps

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twaddles twittering walk walking wander yammer

Verb(23 words)

perambulating prated prates prattled rabbitedramble onrange roam roams roll rove roved sauntered splutters stray swan tramp vagabond wander wandered

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yacks yakked yammered

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6 relation types

More general

21 entries

activity amblecarry oncommunication continue gogo ongrowth patternlocomote locomotion move movement outing perambulation proceed promenade

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More specific

12 entries

blather diatribedrone ongab meander rant roamroot extensionstrollvine spreadwalk wander

Collocations

10 entries

aimless ramblelong ramblenight ramblepleasant rambleramble aboutramble acrossramble alongramble onramble throughwandering ramble

Inflections

3 entries

rambled rambles rambling

Derivations

4 entries

rambleness rambler rambling ramblingly

similar

4 entries

drift err stray wander

Sample sentences

19 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Don't ramble.

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Tom has a tendency to ramble.

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The meeting went ages longer than it should have, because the chairman allowed people to ramble on about things that weren't on the agenda.

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Does Tom always ramble like this?

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