wander

Speech parts

1. wander - Noun

2. wander - Verb

3. Wander - Proper noun

Meaning

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.

To go away; to depart; to stray off; to deviate; to go astray; as, a writer wanders from his subject.

To be delirious; not to be under the guidance of reason; to rave; as, the mind wanders.

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

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

range stray rove ramble digress wind thread drift deviate stroll meander roam swan gad tramp
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Antonyms

moto race focus think stay accurate
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Hypernyms

move continue cozen travel tell proceed

Hyponyms

gad maunder snake fool around gallivant two-time

Phrases with the word

thumb through wander to wander wander about wander out of way wander from a course

Derivatives

wandered wandering

Anagrams

warden warned Andrew Darwen dawner

Examples

I have wandered all my life, and I have also traveled; the difference between the two being this, that we wander for distraction, but we travel for fulfillment. Hilaire Belloc

Today's scientists have substituted mathematics for experiments, and they wander off through equation after equation, and eventually build a structure which has no relation to reality. Nikola Tesla

Tintinnabulation is an area I sometimes wander into when I am searching for answers--in my life, my music, my work. In my dark hours, I have the certain feeling that everything outside this one thing has no meaning. Arvo Pärt

Youth likes to wander. Irish Proverb

A man does not wander far from where his corn is roasting. Nigerian Proverb

To one who does not wander there is not enlightenment. Japanese Proverb

Close letter words and terms

wande Wandel Sea Wandell wander about wander from a course wander off