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| Main Entry: | wander |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | move about aimlessly |
| Synonyms: | aberrate, amble, circumambulate, circumlocute, circumnutate, cruise, deviate, divagate, diverge, drift, float, follow one's nose, gad*, gallivant*, globe-trot, hike, hopscotch, jaunt, maunder, meander, peregrinate, ramble, range, roam, roll, rove, saunter, straggle, stray, stroll, take to the road, trail, traipse, tramp, trek, vagabond, walk the tracks |
| Antonyms: | stay |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | wander |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | digress; get lost |
| Synonyms: | babble, depart, deviate, divagate, diverge, err, get off the track, get sidetracked, go astray, go off on a tangent, lose one's way, lose train of thought, ramble, rave, shift, stray, swerve, talk nonsense, veer |
| Antonyms: | go direct, stay |
| Main Entry: | amble |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | walk casually |
| Synonyms: | ankle*, dawdle, drift, loiter, meander, mosey*, percolate*, ramble, sashay*, saunter, stroll, toddle, wander, boogie, gander, hoof it |
| Antonyms: | run |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | circulate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | flow |
| Synonyms: | actuate, circle, go about, gyrate, mobilize, radiate, revolve, rotate, travel, wander, fly about, get about, get around, mill around, move around, set off |
| Antonyms: | block |
| Main Entry: | depart |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | diverge from normal, expected |
| Synonyms: | abandon, cast, desert, deviate, differ, digress, disagree, discard, dissent, forsake, ramble, reject, repudiate, stray, swerve, vary, veer, wander, excurse, turn aside |
| Antonyms: | continue, linger, stay, wait, keep to |
| Main Entry: | deviate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stray from normal path |
| Synonyms: | avert, bend, contrast, deflect, depart, differ, digress, divagate, diverge, drift, err, part, shy, swerve, turn, vary, veer, wander, aberrate, angle off, bear off, bend the rules, break pattern, circumlocate, depart from, edge off, get around, go amiss, go haywire, go off on tangent, go out of control, go out of way, leave beaten path, not conform, swim against stream, take a turn, turn aside |
| Antonyms: | go straight, keep, stay |
| Main Entry: | digress |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stray, deviate |
| Synonyms: | depart, divagate, drift, meander, ramble, roam, swerve, veer, wander, aberrate, be diffuse, beat about the bush, circumlocute, excurse, get off the point, get off the subject, get sidetracked, go by way of, go off on a tangent, long way, turn aside, wander away |
| Antonyms: | stay, be direct |
| Main Entry: | diverge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | go in different directions |
| Synonyms: | bend, branch, branch off, depart, deviate, digress, divagate, divide, fork, part, radiate, ramble, separate, split, spread, stray, swerve, veer, wander, bifurcate, divaricate, excurse |
| 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, vary, wander, turn aside |
| Antonyms: | agree, concur |
| Main Entry: | drift |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | move aimlessly |
| Synonyms: | accumulate, aim, amass, amble, coast, dance, flicker, flit, float, flow, flutter, gad*, gallivant*, gather, gravitate, hover, linger, malinger, meander, mosey*, muck*, ride, sail, saunter, scud, skim, slide, stray, stroll, tend, waft, wander, wash*, be carried along, draw near, flitter, go with the tide, go-that-a-way, kick around* |
| Antonyms: | decide, direct, guide, set |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | err |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make a mistake; do wrong |
| Synonyms: | blow*, blunder, deviate, fall, flub*, foul up*, goof*, lapse, mess up*, misapprehend, misbehave, miscalculate, misjudge, muff*, offend, screw up*, sin, snafu*, stray, stumble, transgress, trespass, wander, be in error, be inaccurate, be incorrect, be mistaken, bollix, boo-boo, drop the ball, go astray, go wrong, louse up, make a mess of, slip up*, snarl up |
| Antonyms: | correct |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | gad |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | roam about |
| Synonyms: | cruise, gallivant, hit the road*, jaunt, knock about*, maunder, mooch*, ramble, range, rove, stray, traipse, wander, hit the trail, knock around, run around* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | journey |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | travel |
| Synonyms: | circuit, cruise, fare, fly, go, hie, hop, jaunt, jet, junket, knock about*, pass, proceed, process, ramble, range, repair, roam, rove, safari, tour, traverse, trek, voyage, wander, wend, globe trot, go places, peregrinate, push on, take a trip |
| Antonyms: | stay, wait |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | migrate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | move, travel to another place |
| Synonyms: | drift, emigrate, immigrate, journey, leave, range, roam, rove, shift, trek, voyage, wander, nomadize, transmigrate |
| Antonyms: | stay |
| Main Entry: | ramble |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | talk aimlessly, endlessly |
| Synonyms: | amplify, babble, blather, chatter, depart, descant, digress, divagate, diverge, drift, drivel, dwell on, enlarge, expatiate, gossip, harp on, maunder, meander, prose, protract, stray, wander, be diffuse, beat around bush, excurse, get off the subject, go astray, go off on tangent, go on and on, lose the thread, rant and rave, rattle on, talk nonsense, talk off top of head, talk randomly |
| Antonyms: | be direct |
| Main Entry: | rave |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | talk endlessly |
| Synonyms: | babble, be delirious, bloviate, blow one's top, carry on*, come unglued*, declaim, flip one's lid, freak out*, fume, gabble, go ape, go bananas, go crazy, go mad, harangue, jabber, make a to-do, mouth, orate, perorate, prate, prattle, rage, rail, rant, rattle on, roar, run amuck, splutter, storm, talk wildly, thunder, wander |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | saunter |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stroll along |
| Synonyms: | amble, ankle, dally, drift, linger, loiter, meander, mope*, mosey*, ooze*, percolate, promenade, ramble, roam, rove, sashay, stump, tarry, toddle, traipse, trill, wander |
| Antonyms: | run |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | sin |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | commit illegal or immoral action |
| Synonyms: | backslide*, cheat, deviate, err, fall, fall from grace, lapse, misbehave, misconduct, offend, stray, transgress, trespass, wander, break commandment, break law, commit crime, do wrong, go astray, live in sin, sow wild oats, take the primrose path, wallow in the mire |
| Antonyms: | behave, comply, obey |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | stray |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | deviate, err |
| Synonyms: | depart, digress, divagate, diverge, ramble, sin, wander, circumlocute, do wrong, excurse, get off the subject, get off the track, get sidetracked, go off on a tangent |
| Antonyms: | remain, stay |
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