| Main Entry: | stray |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | deviate, err |
Synonyms: |
circumlocute, depart, digress, divagate, diverge, do wrong, excurse, get off the subject, get off the track, get sidetracked, go off on a tangent, ramble, sin, wander |
Antonyms: |
remain, stay |
| Main Entry: | stray |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | wander; get lost |
Synonyms: |
be abandoned, be lost, deviate, drift, err, gad, gallivant, go all over the map, go amiss, go astray, lose one's way, meander, ramble, range, roam, rove, straggle, swerve, traipse, turn, wander away, wander off |
Antonyms: |
go direct |
| Main Entry: | strayed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | wandered |
Synonyms: |
lost, roaming, vagrant, wandering, wayward |
| Main Entry: | depart |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | diverge from normal, expected |
Synonyms: |
abandon, cast, desert, deviate, differ, digress, disagree, discard, dissent, excurse, forsake, ramble, reject, repudiate, stray, swerve, turn aside, vary, veer, wander |
Antonyms: |
continue, keep to, linger, stay, wait |
| Main Entry: | diverge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | go in different directions |
Synonyms: |
bend, bifurcate, branch, branch off, depart, deviate, digress, divagate, divaricate, divide, excurse, fork, part, radiate, ramble, separate, split, spread, stray, swerve, veer, wander |
Antonyms: |
agree, converge, join, parallel |
| Main Entry: | diverge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be different from; be at odds |
Synonyms: |
argue, conflict, contrast, depart, deviate, differ, digress, disagree, disapprove, dissent, oppose, stray, swerve, turn aside, vary, wander |
Antonyms: |
agree, concur |
| Main Entry: | drift |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | move aimlessly |
Synonyms: |
accumulate, aim, amass, amble, be carried along, coast, dance, draw near, flicker, flit, flitter, float, flow, flutter, gad, gallivant*, gather, go with the tide, go-that-a-way, gravitate, hover, kick around, linger, malinger, meander, mosey, muck, ride, sail, saunter, scud, skim, slide, stray, stroll, tend, waft, wander, wash* |
Antonyms: |
decide, direct, guide, set |
| Main Entry: | err |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make a mistake; do wrong |
Synonyms: |
be in error, be inaccurate, be incorrect, be mistaken, blow*, blunder, bollix, boo-boo, deviate, drop the ball, fall, flub, foul up, go astray, go wrong, goof, lapse, louse up, make a mess of, mess up*, misapprehend, misbehave, miscalculate, misjudge, muff, offend, screw up, sin, slip up, snafu, snarl up, stray, stumble, transgress, trespass, wander |
Antonyms: |
correct |
| Main Entry: | gad |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | roam about |
Synonyms: |
cruise, gallivant, hit the road, hit the trail, jaunt, knock about, knock around, maunder, mooch, ramble, range, rove, run around, stray, traipse, wander |
| 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 |