Synonyms for go astray
| Grammar : Verb |
Top 10 synonyms for go astray Other synonyms for the word go astray
- amplify
- back out
- back wrong horse
- backslide
- be abandoned
- be at fault
- be bad
- be defeated
- be demoted
- be diffuse
- be dissolute
- be found lacking
- be guilty
- be immoral
- be in error
- be in vain
- be inaccurate
- be incorrect
- be indecorous
- be insubordinate
- be lost
- be mischievous
- be mistaken
- be out of line
- be out of order
- be reprehensible
- be ruined
- beat around bush
- bend the law
- blather
- blink
- blow
- blunder
- bollix
- boo-boo
- break commandment
- break down
- break law
- break one's word
- carry on
- chatter
- cheat
- come to naught
- come to nothing
- commit crime
- cut up
- decline
- depart
- descant
- desert
- deteriorate
- deviate
- disappoint
- discount
- disregard
- divagate
- diverge
- do evil
- do wrong
- drift
- drivel
- drop the ball
- dwell on
- enlarge
- err
- excurse
- expatiate
- fail
- fall
- fall flat
- fall from grace
- fall short
- fault
- fizzle
- flop
- flounder
- flub
- fold
- forget
- foul up
- founder
- funk
- gad
- gallivant
- get into mischief
- get off the subject
- get off the track
- get sidetracked
- go all over the map
- go amiss
- go astray
- go down
- go down swinging
- go downhill
- go off on a tangent
- go off on tangent
- go on and on
- go up in smoke
- go wrong
- goof
- gossip
- harp on
- hit bottom
- hit the skids
- lapse
- let down
- live in sin
- lose control
- lose one's way
- lose out
- lose status
- lose the thread
- lose train of thought
- louse up
- make a mess of
- make trouble
- maunder
- meet with disaster
- mess up
- misapprehend
- misbehave
- miscarry
- misconduct
- misfire
- misjudge
- miss
- miss fire
- miss the boat
- miss the mark
- muff
- offend
- omit
- overlook
- overpass
- play into
- prose
- protract
- ramble
- range
- rant and rave
- rattle on
- rave
- roam
- roughhouse
- rove
- run aground
- screw up
- shift
- sin
- slight
- slip
- slip up
- snafu
- snarl up
- sow wild oats
- straggle
- stray
- stumble
- swerve
- take a wrong turn
- take the primrose path
- talk nonsense
- talk off top of head
- talk randomly
- traipse
- transgress
- trespass
- turn
- turn out badly
- veer
- wallow in the mire
- wander
- wander away
- wander off
Définition of go astray
- As in misbehave : verb act in inappropriate manner
- As in ramble : verb talk aimlessly, endlessly
- As in sin : verb commit illegal or immoral action
- As in stray : verb wander; get lost
- As in wander : verb digress; get lost
- As in miscarry : verb fail to attain goal
- As in err : verb make a mistake; do wrong
- As in fail : verb be unsuccessful
- As in fail : verb abandon, forsake
- He confessed to me that he was apt to go astray when intent on rhyme.
- Extract from : « Biographical Sketches » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- We pathfinders must always discover some trace of the trail, or else we'd go astray.
- Extract from : « Pathfinder » by Alan Douglas
- He is an only son, and it would be a pity that he should go astray.
- Extract from : « The Young Miner » by Horatio Alger, Jr.
- Then Ralph called again, that his brother might not go astray.
- Extract from : « For the Liberty of Texas » by Edward Stratemeyer
- No parent can go astray in selection if he knows his own children.
- Extract from : « Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 10 » by Charles Herbert Sylvester
- Where they are liable to fail and go astray is in the lack of judgment.
- Extract from : « Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 10 » by Charles Herbert Sylvester
- I dread the place where many roads meet--the place where I may go astray.
- Extract from : « A Handful of Stars » by Frank W. Boreham
- If he go astray, she will forsake him, and give him over to his fall.
- Extract from : « Select Masterpieces of Biblical Literature » by Various
- Rosie, if our example should make it easier for Harry to go astray!
- Extract from : « Janet's Love and Service » by Margaret M Robertson
- I'm a teetotaler, and it's my duty to look after brothers that go astray.
- Extract from : « Dialstone Lane, Complete » by W.W. Jacobs
Antonyms for go astray
- abridge
- accomplish
- achieve
- ascend
- attend
- be direct
- behave
- build
- capture
- complete
- comply
- compress
- condense
- correct
- curtail
- decrease
- deliver
- develop
- do well
- earn
- finish
- gain
- go direct
- go up
- improve
- lessen
- merit
- obey
- obtain
- pay attention
- procure
- prosper
- reach
- reduce
- regard
- remain
- remember
- respect
- rise
- shorten
- stay
- succeed
- understand
- win
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