| Main Entry: | roam |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | wander about |
Synonyms: |
bum around, bum*, drift, gad, gallivant, hike, hit the road, knock around, meander, peregrinate, prowl, ramble, range, rove, saunter, straggle, stray, stroll, struggle along, traipse, tramp, travel, traverse, trek, vagabond, walk |
| Main Entry: | digress |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stray, deviate |
Synonyms: |
aberrate, be diffuse, beat about the bush, circumlocute, depart, divagate, drift, excurse, get off the point, get off the subject, get sidetracked, go by way of, go off on a tangent, long way, meander, ramble, roam, swerve, turn aside, veer, wander, wander away |
Antonyms: |
be direct, stay |
| Main Entry: | gallivant |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | run around, gad about |
Synonyms: |
cruise, jaunt, meander, mooch, ramble, range, roam, rove, stray, traipse, wander |
Antonyms: |
behave |
| Main Entry: | hang about/hang around/hang out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | associate with; be residing in |
Synonyms: |
abide, affect, dally, frequent, get along with, haunt, have relations with, linger, live, loiter, reside, resort, roam, spend time, stand around, swell, tarry, waste time |
Antonyms: |
condemn |
| Main Entry: | journey |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | travel |
Synonyms: |
circuit, cruise, fare, fly, globe trot, go, go places, hie, hop, jaunt, jet, junket, knock about, pass, peregrinate, proceed, process, push on, ramble, range, repair, roam, rove, safari, take a trip, tour, traverse, trek, voyage, wander, wend |
Antonyms: |
stay, wait |
| Main Entry: | meander |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | wander, zigzag |
Synonyms: |
be all over the map, change, drift, extravagate, gallivant, get sidetracked, peregrinate, ramble, range, recoil, roam, rove, snake, stray, stroll, traipse, turn, twine, twist, vagabond, wind |
| Notes: | maunder means to talk incoherently or to speak in a rambling manner or to wander aimlessly or confusedly; meander means to wind or turn in a course or to move in a leisurely way |
Antonyms: |
go direct, stay on path |
| Main Entry: | migrate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | move, travel to another place |
Synonyms: |
drift, emigrate, immigrate, journey, leave, nomadize, range, roam, rove, shift, transmigrate, trek, voyage, wander |
Antonyms: |
stay |
| Main Entry: | prowl |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | move stealthily |
Synonyms: |
cruise, hunt, lurk, nose around, patrol, range, roam, rove, scavenge, skulk, slink, snake, sneak, stalk, steal, stroll, tramp |
Antonyms: |
rush |
| Main Entry: | ramble |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | wander about; travel aimlessly |
Synonyms: |
amble, bat around, be all over the map, branch off, clamber, climb, cruise, depart, digress, divagate, diverge, drift, excurse, extend, fork, gad, gallivant, get sidetracked, knock about, knock around, meander, perambulate, percolate, peregrinate, promenade, range, roam, rove, saunter, scramble, snake, sprangle, sprawl, spread, spread-eagle, straddle, straggle, stray, stroll, trail, traipse, turn, twist, walk, wind, zigzag |
Antonyms: |
be direct, stay |
| Main Entry: | roll |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | rock, sway |
Synonyms: |
billow, drift, flow, glide, heave, incline, jibe, lean, lumber, lurch, pitch, ramble, range, reel, roam, rove, run, stagger, stray, surge, swagger, swing, toss, tumble, undulate, waddle, wallow, wave, welter, yaw |
Antonyms: |
stabilize, steady |