Wander

/ˈwɒndə/

Synonyms for "wander" (235 found)

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Closest matches (47)

Noun(13 words)

adventuring aside backpacking bumming bums daydream daydreaming detour deviation digressing digression distract divert

amble babble batbat aroundbe absentbe in errorbe insanebe mistakenbe wrongboom bum circumambulatecount tiesdaydream depart deviate digress divagate diverge dote

Verb(14 words)

ambled ambles betray bummed cast cheatcheat oncuckolddeviate from the normdeviated digress digressed digresses divagate

Strong matches (71)

dream drift drivel drool err excursefall into errorfantasy flit gadgad aboutgallivantget sidetrackedgo aboutgo adriftgo amissgo astraygo awrygo the roundsgo woolgathering

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go wronghave a demonhikehit the roadhit the trailhobo jaunt journey knockknock aboutknock aroundlapse maunder meander migrate mill

Noun(14 words)

driftdrift lazilydriftingdrifting voltagefocus driftgadabout jaunting lollop maundering meander meandering meanders mill mills

Verb(19 words)

drift drifted drowsed eddied expatiate expatiated expatiates gadded gadding gads gallivanted gallivanting gallivants marauds maundered maunders meander meandered milled

Adjective(2 words)

drifting organismsminor drift

Related words (117)

misbelieve miscalculate mooch moon muse nomadize peregrinate pererratepipe dreampipe-dream project prowl rage ramble range rant rave roam roll rove

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run aboutrun amokrun madsaunterserve mammonslaver slipslip upslobber snake sprawl stargaze straggle stray stroll stumble swerve trail traipse tramp traverse tripturn asidetwisttwist and turnvagabond vagabondizewalk the trackswayfare wind

Verb(31 words)

mooched mosey perambulated perambulates promenaded prowls ramble rambled range ranged roam roamed roams roll rove roved roves sauntered sauntering sleepwalked

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stray strayed strolled swan thread traipsed tramp vagabond vagabonded weave wind

Noun(35 words)

mooning mopes moseying moseys ramble rambles rambling random-walkrange exampleranger ranges ranging reverie roam roaming romes rove roving saunters sleepwalk

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stray straying strays stroll strollstangent issuetootle traipses traipsing vagabonding veering wayfaring womble wombles zag

Adjective(1 words)

unfocused exercise

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

22 entries

attention cognition communication continue cozen deceive delude discourse gogo forwardlead onlocomotemental processmotion move

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More specific

11 entries

aside daydream daydreaming drift meandermind wanderingramble roam rove stray tangent

Collocations

11 entries

a wanderaimless wanderbrief wanderleisurely wanderpleasant wandershort wanderwandering behaviorwandering gazewandering mindwandering pathwandering thoughts

Inflections

3 entries

wandered wandering wanders

Derivations

5 entries

wandered wanderer wandering wanderlust wanders

similar

16 entries

cast drift err meander ramble range roam roll rove stray swan thread tramp vagabond weave wind

Translations

1 translations across 1 languages.

Khiamniungan Naga

1 entries

ūo verb (wander freely in groups)

Sample sentences

18 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Maybe I'll just wander off on my own.

Source: tatoeba (34198)

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

Source: tatoeba (34202)

You had better not wander around here by yourself.

Source: tatoeba (54763)

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

Source: tatoeba (267525)

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