Definition of Wander

1. Verb. Move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment. "They wander in the countryside"; "They rolled from town to town"

Exact synonyms: Cast, Drift, Ramble, Range, Roam, Roll, Rove, Stray, Swan, Tramp, Vagabond
Generic synonyms: Go, Locomote, Move, Travel
Specialized synonyms: Maunder, Gad, Gallivant, Jazz Around
Related verbs: Drift, Err, Stray
Derivative terms: Drifter, Drifting, Ramble, Rambler, Roamer, Roving, Stray, Strayer, Tramp, Vagabond, Vagabond, Vagabondage, Wanderer, Wandering

2. Verb. Be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage. "Sam cannot wander Sue "; "Might her husband be wandering?"
Exact synonyms: Betray, Cheat, Cheat On, Cuckold
Generic synonyms: Cozen, Deceive, Delude, Lead On
Specialized synonyms: Two-time, Fool Around, Play Around
Derivative terms: Cuckold

3. Verb. Go via an indirect route or at no set pace. "After dinner, we wandered into town"

4. Verb. To move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course. "Sometimes, the gout wanders through the entire body"
Exact synonyms: Meander, Thread, Weave, Wind
Generic synonyms: Go, Locomote, Move, Travel
Specialized synonyms: Snake
Derivative terms: Meander, Meander, Thread

5. Verb. Lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or speaking. "Don't digress when you give a lecture"
Exact synonyms: Digress, Divagate, Stray
Generic synonyms: Tell
Derivative terms: Digression, Digression, Digressive, Divagation, Divagation

Definition of Wander

1. v. i. To ramble here and there without any certain course or with no definite object in view; to range about; to stroll; to rove; as, to wander over the fields.

2. v. t. To travel over without a certain course; to traverse; to stroll through.

3. v. i. To ramble here and there without any certain course or with no definite object in view; to range about; to stroll; to rove; as, to wander over the fields.

4. v. t. To travel over without a certain course; to traverse; to stroll through.

Definition of Wander

1. to move about with no destination or purpose [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Wander

wampishing
wampum
wampum
wampumpeag
wampumpeags
wampums
wampus
wampuses
wamus
wamuses
WAN
Wanamaker
wand
Wandala
Wanda Landowska
wander (current term)
wandered
wanderer
wanderers
wandering
wandering
wandering(a)
wanderings
wandering abscess
wandering albatross
wandering cell
wandering erysipelas
wandering goiter
Wandering Jew
wandering kidney

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