Word Type

Noun

Verb

Adjective

Adjective

The word "stray" can be used as noun, verb, adjective and adjective.

Word Relationships

Typical Location

street

Derived Terms

catch a stray stray bullet stray dog stray line stray mark

Context

historical

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

domestic animal domesticated animal go locomote move tell travel

Type Of (IsA)

domestic animal

Manner Of

travel

Related Terms

astray estray

Related Terms

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

Similar Terms

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

Synonym Network

deviate digress err isolated roll

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.