Stray

/stɹeɪ/

Synonyms for "stray" (264 found)

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Closest matches (53)

abandoned aberrant aberrative abnormal accidental aimless amorphous anomalistic anomalous arabbat aroundbe absentbe in errorbe mistakenbe wrongbeach bumbeachcomber beggar bo bum

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bummer casual causeless chance circuitouscount tiesdaydream depart departing derelict designless desultory deviant deviate deviating deviative deviatory devious different digress digressive discursive divagate

Verb(6 words)

castdeviate from expectationsdeviate from the normdeviate from the plandeviates digress

Noun(4 words)

deviate from the routedeviate weeklydiffering digress

Strong matches (79)

Verb(5 words)

divagate drift err erring errs

diverge divergent dogie dream drift driftless dysteleological eccentric err errant erratic excurse excursivefall into errorfantasy flit formless foundling freak gad

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gad aboutgallivant gamin gamineget sidetrackedgnominiousgo aboutgo adriftgo amissgo astraygo awrygo the roundsgo woolgatheringgo wrongguttersnipe haphazard heteroclite heteromorphichit the roadhit the trailhobo homelesshomeless waifidler indirect indiscriminate inexplicable intimation irregular isolated jauntknock aboutknock aroundlabyrinthine landloper lapse lazzarone loafer lone losel lost maunder mazy

Noun(9 words)

drift errant extraneousfocus driftfree roaming animalgo off topicincidental irrelevantlost animal

Adjective(2 words)

drifting organismsisolated

Related words (132)

meander meandering mindless misbelieve miscalculate mooch moon mudlark muse nomadize oddout-of-the-wayperegrinate pererrate pikerpipe dreampipe-dream planetary project promiscuous

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prowl purposeless ragamuffin ragman ragpicker ramble rambling random range roam roaming rounder rove rovingrun aboutsaunter separated serpentineserve mammonshade shapeless shifting single singularski bumslipslip upsnake snaky sporadic stargaze stiff stochastic straggle straggler strain straying streakstreet arabstreet urchinstroll stumble subnormal suggestion sundownersurf bumsuspicion swagman swagsman swerve swerving tatterdemaliontennis bumtincture tinge touch trace traipse tramp tripturn asideturning turnpiker twisttwist and turntwisting unaccountable undirected unexpected unmotivated unnatural urchin vag vagabond vagabondize vagrant veering waifwaifs and strayswalk the trackswander wandering wastrel wayfare wind winding zigzag

Adjective(2 words)

noncompliant designstraggling

Noun(13 words)

off topicramble roam roaming rogue roving tangentialunowned animalveer wanderwander offwanderingwandering animal

Verb(10 words)

ramble range roam roll rove swan tramp vagabond wander wanders

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

16 entries

animal deviate displacement divergedomestic animaldomesticated animalgoliving thinglocomote move movement relevance telltopic relevancetravel

More specific

16 entries

digress driftgo off topicramblestray bulletstray catstray commentstray dogstray hairstray hypothesisstray lightstray observationstray photonstray remarkveerwander off

Collocations

11 entries

stray animalstray bulletstray catstray datastray dogstray fromstray from the pathstray hairstray intostray lightstray photon

Inflections

5 entries

more straymost straystrayed straying strays

Derivations

4 entries

strayed strayer straying strayness

similar

14 entries

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

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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