Antonyms for wander
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : won-der |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈwɒn dər |
Definition of wander
Origin :- Old English wandrian "move about aimlessly, wander," from West Germanic *wandrojan (cf. Old Frisian wondria, Middle Low German, Middle Dutch wanderen, German wandern "to wander," a variant form of the root represented in Old High German wantalon "to walk, wander"), from root *wend- "to turn" (see wind (v.)). In reference to the mind, affections, etc., attested from c.1400. Related: Wandered; wandering. The Wandering Jew of Christian legend first mentioned 13c. (cf. French le juif errant, German der ewige Jude).
- verb move about aimlessly
- verb digress; get lost
- Why else should they wander together in the woods, or be so lost in talk by rustic streams?
- Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
- They can wander on the banks of the Kladeos and the Alpheios.
- Extract from : « Buried Cities, Part 2 » by Jennie Hall
- She had to wander around and around, and get food and drink wherever she could find them.
- Extract from : « Classic Myths » by Mary Catherine Judd
- You wander whither you will, meeting few, and disturbed by none.
- Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 364, February 1846 » by Various
- How far is the district over which these strange Dhahs are said to wander?
- Extract from : « The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 25, January 1893 » by Various
- Suffer thy desires to wander into a larger and more dangerous field.
- Extract from : « Imogen » by William Godwin
- Just now his busy thoughts were free to wander whithersoever they listed.
- Extract from : « The Law-Breakers » by Ridgwell Cullum
- I was forced at times to wander round, and round, and round that spot.
- Extract from : « Barnaby Rudge » by Charles Dickens
- Fyles had permitted his gaze to wander down the wooded course of the river.
- Extract from : « The Law-Breakers » by Ridgwell Cullum
- He had thought of those who wander there, of Peppina's aunt, of certain others.
- Extract from : « A Spirit in Prison » by Robert Hichens
Synonyms for wander
- aberrate
- amble
- babble
- circumambulate
- circumlocute
- circumnutate
- cruise
- depart
- deviate
- divagate
- diverge
- drift
- err
- float
- follow one's nose
- gad
- gallivant
- get off the track
- get sidetracked
- globe-trot
- go astray
- go off on a tangent
- hike
- hopscotch
- jaunt
- lose one's way
- lose train of thought
- maunder
- meander
- peregrinate
- ramble
- range
- rave
- roam
- roll
- rove
- saunter
- shift
- straggle
- stray
- stroll
- swerve
- take to the road
- talk nonsense
- trail
- traipse
- tramp
- trek
- vagabond
- veer
- walk the tracks
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