Stray synonyms
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Part of speech:
Unable to find one's way; unavailable, with location unknown.
To move about at random, especially over a wide area
move (related)
To change posture or position; stir:
remain (antonym)
To endure or persist:
To travel through or over; traverse.
To turn aside, especially to depart temporarily from the main subject in writing or speaking; stray.
To veer is to turn or swerve sharply or to go off course.
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To wander over; roam through
go astray
walk (related)
Walk is defined as to travel on foot.
To follow an irregularly winding course of motion or growth:
To turn aside or astray (from a path, course, etc.); lose one's way
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.
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Unable to find the correct way or place to go
To travel about on foot; trudge; hike
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
To turn aside (from a course, direction, standard, doctrine, etc.); diverge; digress
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turn (related)
To become sour:
(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 or develop more slowly than expected, desired, etc.; be retarded in motion, development, etc.
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A sinuous curve, bend, or loop along the course of a stream or river.
To move about at random, especially over a wide area
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
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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 move about at random, especially over a wide area
go direct (antonym)
wander; get lost
Traipse is to walk about without purpose or to walk about in a tired and reluctant way.
To ramble; digress.
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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 roll or throw (dice, for example).
To wander or travel about, especially as a vagabond.
scurry (related)
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scamper (related)
To move about at random, especially over a wide area
To go away; leave:
Find another word for stray. In this page you can discover 59 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for stray, like: lost, errant, move, remain, peregrinate, digress, veer, rove, go astray, walk and ramble.