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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
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
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"
Related verbs: Cast, Drift, Ramble, Range, Roam, Roll, Rove, Stray, Swan, Tramp, Vagabond, Meander, Thread, Weave, Wind
Generic synonyms: Continue, Go Forward, Proceed
Generic synonyms: Continue, Go Forward, Proceed
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
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
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]