Stray

//stɹeɪ//

Synonyms for "stray" (236 found)

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Closest matches (48)

Strong matches (70)

Related words (118)

miscalculate misguided mooch moon mudlark muse nomadize odd out-of-the-way peregrinate pererrate piker pipe dream pipe-dream planetary project promiscuous prowl purposeless ragamuffin

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Adjective(2 words)

misguided strayed

Verb(10 words)

ramble range roam roll rove swan tramp vagabond wander wander off

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

10 relation types

More general

7 entries

domestic animal domesticated animal go locomote move tell travel

Synonyms

5 entries

deviate digress err isolated roll

Related terms

2 entries

astray estray

at location

1 entries

street

derived

5 entries

catch a stray stray bullet stray dog stray line stray mark

has context

1 entries

historical

is a

1 entries

domestic animal

manner of

1 entries

travel

related to

15 entries

administer astray at large duty enclosure err estray lost metaphorically misplaced rectitude roam rove strayed wander

similar

15 entries

cast drift err lost ramble range roam roll rove sporadic swan tramp vagabond wander

Translations

153 translations across 37 languages.

Albanian

4 entries

arrakat noun (act of wandering or going astray)
endacak noun (domestic animal at large or lost)
rrugaç noun (domestic animal at large or lost)
hapërda verb (to wander from a direct course)

Arabic

1 entries

ضَلَّ verb (to wander from a direct course)

Bashkir

2 entries

аҙыу verb (to err)
яңылышыу verb (to err)

Bulgarian

4 entries

бездомен adj (having gone astray)
заблуден adj (in the wrong place)
изгубен adj (in the wrong place)
бездомно животно noun (domestic animal at large or lost)

Catalan

2 entries

desviar-se verb (to wander from a direct course)
esgarriar-se verb (to wander from company or from proper limits)

Central Kurdish

1 entries

بەلەسە noun (act of wandering or going astray)

Cherokee

1 entries

ᎤᎴᎾᎯᏛ adj (having gone astray)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

流浪 adj (having gone astray)
走失 adj (having gone astray)
离群 noun (domestic animal at large or lost)
迷失 noun (domestic animal at large or lost)

Czech

2 entries

toulavý noun (domestic animal at large or lost)
bloudit verb (to wander from a direct course)

Dutch

2 entries

loslopende noun (domestic animal at large or lost)
dwalen verb (to wander from a direct course)

Finnish

4 entries

eksynyt adj (having gone astray)
karannut adj (having gone astray)
harhailu noun (act of wandering or going astray)
karkaaminen noun (act of wandering or going astray)

French

4 entries

errant adj (having gone astray)
écarté adj (having gone astray)
égaré adj (having gone astray)
animal errant noun (domestic animal at large or lost)

Gagauz

1 entries

saabisiz noun (domestic animal at large or lost)

German

4 entries

streunend adj (having gone astray)
verirrt adj (in the wrong place)
Streuner noun (domestic animal at large or lost)
irren verb (to wander from a direct course)

Greek

2 entries

αδέσποτος adj (having gone astray)
αδέσποτο noun (domestic animal at large or lost)

Hindi

1 entries

भटकना verb (to wander from a direct course)

Hungarian

1 entries

kóbor adj (having gone astray)

Italian

4 entries

randagio adj (having gone astray)
randagio noun (domestic animal at large or lost)
vagante noun (act of wandering or going astray)
estraniarsi verb (to wander from company or from proper limits)

Latin

2 entries

pālor verb (to wander from a direct course)
pālor verb (to wander from company or from proper limits)

Mongolian

1 entries

золбин noun (domestic animal at large or lost)

Māori

4 entries

atitirauhea verb (to wander from company or from proper limits)
kotiti verb (to wander from a direct course)
kōtitititi verb (to wander from a direct course)
ātiu verb (to wander from company or from proper limits)

Old Anatolian Turkish

3 entries

آزمق verb (to wander from a direct course)
آزمق verb (to err)
یازمق verb (to err)

Old English

3 entries

dwelian verb (to wander from a direct course)
dwelian verb (to wander from company or from proper limits)
dwelian verb (to err)

Ottoman Turkish

3 entries

آزغین adj (having gone astray)
آزمق verb (to wander from a direct course)
آزمق verb (to err)

Polish

4 entries

bezdomny (o zwierzęciu) adj (having gone astray)
bezpański adj (having gone astray)
zbłąkany adj (having gone astray)
przybłęda noun (domestic animal at large or lost)

Portuguese

4 entries

desgarrado noun (domestic animal at large or lost)
vira-lata noun (domestic animal at large or lost)
afastar-se verb (to wander from a direct course)
desviar-se verb (to wander from a direct course)

Romanian

3 entries

rătăcit adj (in the wrong place)
maidanez noun (domestic animal at large or lost)
vagabond noun (domestic animal at large or lost)

Russian

4 entries

бездо́мный adj (having gone astray)
заблуди́вшийся adj (having gone astray)
бездо́мный noun (domestic animal at large or lost)
бродя́чий noun (domestic animal at large or lost)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries

fuadain adj (having gone astray)

Sicilian

4 entries

di strata noun (domestic animal at large or lost)
sarbaggiu noun (domestic animal at large or lost)
sarbaggiu noun (act of wandering or going astray)
vagabunnu noun (domestic animal at large or lost)

Slovak

4 entries

túlavý noun (domestic animal at large or lost)
zatúlaný noun (domestic animal at large or lost)
potulovať sa verb (to wander from a direct course)
túlať sa verb (to wander from a direct course)

Spanish

4 entries

animal abandonado noun (domestic animal at large or lost)
animal callejero noun (domestic animal at large or lost)
animal extraviado noun (domestic animal at large or lost)
animal perdido noun (domestic animal at large or lost)

Swedish

1 entries

vilsekommen adj (having gone astray)

Tagalog

1 entries

ligaw adj (having gone astray)

Thai

1 entries

จรจัด adj (having gone astray)

Tibetan

1 entries

འཁྱམ adj (having gone astray)

Turkish

4 entries

başıboş dolaşan noun (domestic animal at large or lost)
başıboş dolaşmak verb (to wander from a direct course)
kaybolmak verb (to wander from company or from proper limits)
sapmak verb (to wander from a direct course)

Sample sentences

25 total sentences available.

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He is, as it were, a stray sheep.

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The stray girl sobbed her name.

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Stray dogs tramped about my garden.

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The stray dog suddenly came at the child.

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