wander

I

(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

v. i. rove, ramble, stroll, walk, range; digress, swerve, deviate, stray; rave, maunder, be delirious; moon; straggle, forage.

See travel, deviation, insanity, motion.

II

(Roget's IV) v.

1. [To stroll]

Syn. hike, ramble, saunter; see roam , walk 1 .

2. [To speak or think incoherently]

Syn. stray, shift, digress; see ramble 2 .

III

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) v.

1. roam rove, range, wend, wind, go about aimlessly, ramble, drift, meander, trek, straggle, gallivant, gad, idle, stroll, lose one's way, stray, go off the beaten track.

2. digress get off the subject, deviate, get sidetracked, ramble, go off on a tangent.

ANT.: 1. make a beeline, go directly. 2. stick to the subject, stay on track

IV

(Roget's Thesaurus II) I verb 1. To move about at random, especially over a wide area: drift, gad, gallivant, meander, peregrinate, ramble, range, roam, rove, stray, traipse. See MOVE. 2. To walk at a leisurely pace: amble, meander, perambulate, promenade, ramble, saunter, stroll. Informal: mosey. See MOVE. 3. To turn aside, especially from the main subject in writing or speaking: deviate, digress, divagate, diverge, ramble, stray. Idiom: go off at (or on) a tangent. See APPROACH. II noun An act of walking, especially for pleasure: amble, meander (often used in plural), perambulation, promenade, ramble, saunter, stroll, walk. See MOVE.