Stray synonyms
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Part of speech:
Unable to find one's way; unavailable, with location unknown.
To travel through or over; traverse.
move (related)
To change posture or position; stir:
To wander over; roam through
To turn the attention from one subject to another with little clarity or coherence of thought:
To turn aside or deviate to avoid impact.
go amiss
go astray
To turn aside (from a course, direction, standard, doctrine, etc.); diverge; digress
turn (related)
To become sour:
walk (related)
Walk is defined as to travel on foot.
To move about at random, especially over a wide area
To turn aside, especially to depart temporarily from the main subject in writing or speaking; stray.
(Western US) To drive (livestock) slowly or far afield, especially for grazing.
To err is defined as to make a mistake or to do something wrong.
To move about at random, especially over a wide area
To move about at random, especially over a wide area
To move or develop more slowly than expected, desired, etc.; be retarded in motion, development, etc.
A sinuous curve, bend, or loop along the course of a stream or river.
To move about at random, especially over a wide area
To follow an irregularly winding course of motion or growth:
Relating to an event in which all outcomes are equally likely, as in the testing of a blood sample for the presence of a substance.
To move about an area, as in hunting
To move about at random, especially over a wide area
Abbreviation of sine
To move about at random, especially over a wide area
To escape or stretch beyond proper limits, as the branches of a plant; to spread widely apart; to shoot too far or widely in growth.
To move about at random, especially over a wide area
To veer is to turn or swerve sharply or to go off course.
To move about at random, especially over a wide area
To turn aside or astray (from a path, course, etc.); lose one's way
remain (antonym)
To endure or persist:
go direct (antonym)
wander; get lost
To move about restlessly or with little purpose, especially in search of pleasure or amusement.
The definition of gallivant is to go from place to place for fun or pleasure.
Traipse is to walk about without purpose or to walk about in a tired and reluctant way.
To ramble; digress.
Unable to find the correct way or place to go
Having lost one's direction; confused.
Nomadic
go off at (or on) a tangent
approach (related)
(Intransitive) To come or go near, in place or time; to draw nigh; to advance nearer.
seek (related)
Unable to find the correct way or place to go
purpose (related)
Without a fixed or regular course
(Ergative) To utter copiously, especially with sounding words; to utter with a deep sound; "” often with forth, or out.
To declare; swear. Used in the phrase I swan as an interjection.
To travel about on foot; trudge; hike
To roll or throw (dice, for example).
To wander or travel about, especially as a vagabond.
To go away; leave:
Find another word for stray. In this page you can discover 57 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for stray, like: lost, peregrinate, move, rove, roam, swerve, go amiss, go astray, deviate, turn and walk.