Wander

//ˈwɒndə//

Synonyms for "wander" (137 found)

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Related words (68)

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Translations

251 translations across 61 languages.

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Ancient Greek

4 entries
  • περιέρρω verb (to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood)
  • περιφοιτάω verb (to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood)
  • πλανάομαι verb (to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood)
  • ῥέμβομαι verb (to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood)

Arabic

2 entries
  • تَجَوَّلَ verb (to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood)
  • دار verb (to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood)

Armenian

1 entries
  • թափառել verb (to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood)

Aromanian

2 entries
  • alag verb (to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood)
  • cutriyir verb (to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood)

Belarusian

2 entries
  • блудзі́ць verb (to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood)
  • блука́ць verb (to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • скитане noun (act or instance of wandering)
  • блуждая verb (to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood)
  • бро́дя verb (to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood)
  • бродя verb (to go somewhere indirectly or at varying speeds; to move in a curved path)

Catalan

2 entries
  • deambular verb (to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood)
  • vagar verb (to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood)

Chichewa

1 entries
  • kuyendayenda verb (to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 徘徊 verb (to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood)
  • 漫步 verb (to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood)

Czech

4 entries
  • toulka noun (act or instance of wandering)
  • toulat se verb (to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood)
  • toulat se verb (of the mind, to lose focus or clarity of argument or attention)
  • zahnout verb (to commit adultery)

Danish

2 entries
  • strejfe verb (to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood)
  • strejfe verb (to stray; stray from one's course; err)

Dutch

4 entries
  • afdwalen verb (of the mind, to lose focus or clarity of argument or attention)
  • dolen verb (to go somewhere indirectly or at varying speeds; to move in a curved path)
  • rondtrekken verb (to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood)
  • vreemdgaan verb (to commit adultery)

Egyptian

1 entries
  • S-mA-D54 verb (to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • vago noun (act or instance of wandering)
  • vagi verb (to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood)

Finnish

4 entries
  • ajautua sivuun verb (to stray; stray from one's course; err)
  • eksyä verb (to stray; stray from one's course; err)
  • harhailla verb (to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood)
  • harhailla verb (of the mind, to lose focus or clarity of argument or attention)

French

3 entries
  • divaguer verb (to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood)
  • errer verb (to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood)
  • vaguer verb (to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood)

Galician

2 entries
  • ruar verb (to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood)
  • vagar verb (to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood)

Georgian

2 entries
  • წანწალი verb (to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood)
  • ხეტიალი verb (to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood)

German

4 entries
  • abschweifen verb (of the mind, to lose focus or clarity of argument or attention)
  • bummeln verb (to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood)
  • herumziehen verb (to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood)
  • schlendern verb (to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood)

Gothic

1 entries
  • 𐍈𐌰𐍂𐌱𐍉𐌽 verb (to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood)

Greek

3 entries
  • τριγύρισμα noun (act or instance of wandering)
  • τριγυρίζω verb (to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood)
  • τριγυρνώ verb (to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood)

Hebrew

3 entries
  • שׁוֹטֵט verb (to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood)
  • תָּעָה verb (to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood)
  • תָּעָה verb (to stray; stray from one's course; err)

Hindi

2 entries
  • घूमना verb (to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood)
  • भटकना verb (to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • barangolás noun (act or instance of wandering)
  • bolyongás noun (act or instance of wandering)
  • bóklászás noun (act or instance of wandering)
  • csatangolás noun (act or instance of wandering)

Ingrian

2 entries
  • häylyä verb (to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood)
  • häylää verb (to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood)

Italian

4 entries
  • vagabondaggio noun (act or instance of wandering)
  • allontanarsi verb (to stray; stray from one's course; err)
  • bighellonare verb (to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood)
  • divagare verb (of the mind, to lose focus or clarity of argument or attention)

Japanese

4 entries
  • うろつく verb (to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood)
  • さ迷う verb (to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood)
  • ぶらつく verb (to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood)
  • 横道にそれる verb (of the mind, to lose focus or clarity of argument or attention)

Khiamniungan Naga

1 entries
  • ūo verb (wander freely in groups)

Khmer

1 entries
  • សាត់ verb (to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood)

Korean

2 entries
  • 돌아다니다 verb (to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood)
  • 헤매다 verb (to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood)

Lao

1 entries
  • ເລາະ verb (to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood)

Latin

3 entries
  • errō verb (to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood)
  • pālor verb (to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood)
  • vagor verb (to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood)

Lithuanian

3 entries
  • klajojimas noun (act or instance of wandering)
  • klajonė noun (act or instance of wandering)
  • klajoti verb (to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood)

Macedonian

3 entries
  • лута verb (to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood)
  • скита verb (to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood)
  • талка verb (to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood)

Middle English

3 entries
  • wandren verb (to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood)
  • wandren verb (to go somewhere indirectly or at varying speeds; to move in a curved path)
  • wandren verb (of the mind, to lose focus or clarity of argument or attention)

Māori

4 entries
  • kaea verb (to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood)
  • kaewa verb (to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood)
  • kāewaewa verb (to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood)
  • kōpikopiko verb (to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood)

Nepali

1 entries
  • डुल्नु verb (to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood)

Norman

1 entries
  • èrrer verb (to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood)

Occitan

3 entries
  • errar verb (to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood)
  • trevar verb (to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood)
  • vagar verb (to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood)

Old Anatolian Turkish

1 entries
  • آزمق verb (to stray; stray from one's course; err)

Old Church Slavonic

1 entries
  • заблѫждати verb (to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood)

Old English

2 entries
  • scrīþan verb (to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood)
  • scrīþan verb (to go somewhere indirectly or at varying speeds; to move in a curved path)

Ottoman Turkish

2 entries
  • آزمق verb (to stray; stray from one's course; err)
  • گزمك verb (to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood)

Persian

1 entries
  • پرسه زدن verb (to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood)

Polish

4 entries
  • tułaczka noun (act or instance of wandering)
  • wędrówka noun (act or instance of wandering)
  • błąkać się verb (to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood)
  • tułać się verb (to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • perambulação noun (act or instance of wandering)
  • vagueação noun (act or instance of wandering)
  • perambular verb (to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood)
  • vadiar verb (to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood)

Romanian

4 entries
  • colinda verb (to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood)
  • cutreiera verb (to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood)
  • plimba verb (to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood)
  • umbla verb (to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood)

Russian

4 entries
  • стра́нствие noun (act or instance of wandering)
  • блужда́ть verb (to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood)
  • блука́ть verb (to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood)
  • броди́ть verb (to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood)

Sanskrit

1 entries
  • वञ्चति verb (to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • bluditi verb (to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood)
  • lútati verb (to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood)
  • odlútati verb (to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood)
  • блудити verb (to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood)

Slovak

1 entries
  • túlať sa verb (to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood)

Spanish

4 entries
  • aventurar verb (to commit adultery)
  • barloventear verb (to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood)
  • cancanear verb (to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood)
  • deambular verb (to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood)

Swedish

3 entries
  • irra verb (to stray; stray from one's course; err)
  • vandra verb (to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood)
  • vanka verb (to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood)

Tamil

2 entries
  • அலை verb (to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood)
  • திரி verb (to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood)

Thai

1 entries
  • ท่องเที่ยว verb (to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood)

Turkish

2 entries
  • gezinmek verb (to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood)
  • şaşmak verb (to stray; stray from one's course; err)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • блука́ти verb (to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood)
  • броди́ти verb (to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood)
  • мандрува́ти verb (to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood)
  • ника́ти verb (to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • lang thang verb (to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood)

Welsh

2 entries
  • crwydr noun (act or instance of wandering)
  • crwydro verb (to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood)

Yao

2 entries
  • kulaŵalaŵa verb (to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood)
  • kwendajenda verb (to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • וואַנדערן verb (to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood)

Sample sentences

18 total sentences available.

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Maybe I'll just wander off on my own.

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Let's just wander and see where it takes us.

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You had better not wander around here by yourself.

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Small children tend to wander off if you don't watch them all the time.

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