Antonyms for ramble
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : ram-buhl |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈræm bəl |
Definition of ramble
Origin :- mid-15c., perhaps frequentative of romen "to walk, go" (see roam), perhaps via romblen (late 14c.) "to ramble." The vowel change perhaps by influence of Middle Dutch rammelen, a derivative of rammen "copulate," "used of the night wanderings of the amorous cat" [Weekley]. Meaning "to talk or write incoherently" is from 1630s. Related: Rambled; rambling.
- noun aimless walk
- verb wander about; travel aimlessly
- verb talk aimlessly, endlessly
- I ramble around the park and see lovers on benches—it's rather thrilling.
- Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- Lying on my back and gazing up, I felt reluctant to rise and renew my ramble.
- Extract from : « Green Mansions » by W. H. Hudson
- We were far oftener late now, when we went out for a ramble.
- Extract from : « Wilfrid Cumbermede » by George MacDonald
- He let her ramble on, for he wanted now to hear about his mother, of whom he knew so little.
- Extract from : « Changing Winds » by St. John G. Ervine
- However, I stumbled on it after that ramble along the quays!
- Extract from : « His Masterpiece » by Emile Zola
- As soon as we finish filling the tanks and test the motor, she'll be ready to ramble.
- Extract from : « The Solar Magnet » by Sterner St. Paul Meek
- Let us have a ramble through the grounds, and see how the skittle-players go on.
- Extract from : « That Boy Of Norcott's » by Charles James Lever
- The ramble through the south and west of Ireland was not undertaken.
- Extract from : « Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. II (of II) » by Edmund Downey
- And that excursion, that ramble, or whatever be the name for it, you were to take together?
- Extract from : « The Bramleighs Of Bishop's Folly » by Charles James Lever
- They had all decamped to take a ramble on their own account.
- Extract from : « The Industries of Animals » by Frdric Houssay
Synonyms for ramble
- amble
- amplify
- babble
- bat around
- be all over the map
- be diffuse
- beat around bush
- blather
- branch off
- chatter
- clamber
- climb
- constitutional
- cruise
- depart
- descant
- digress
- divagate
- diverge
- drift
- drivel
- dwell on
- enlarge
- excurse
- excursion
- expatiate
- extend
- fork
- gad
- gallivant
- get off the subject
- get sidetracked
- go astray
- go off on tangent
- go on and on
- gossip
- harp on
- hike
- knock about
- knock around
- lose the thread
- maunder
- meander
- perambulate
- perambulation
- percolate
- peregrinate
- peregrination
- promenade
- prose
- protract
- range
- rant and rave
- rattle on
- roam
- roaming
- rove
- roving
- saunter
- scramble
- snake
- sprangle
- sprawl
- spread
- spread-eagle
- straddle
- straggle
- stray
- stroll
- talk nonsense
- talk off top of head
- talk randomly
- tour
- trail
- traipse
- trip
- turn
- twist
- walk
- wander
- wind
- zigzag
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