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wander
Overview of verb wander
The verb wander has 5 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (18) roll, wander, swan, stray, tramp, roam, cast, ramble, rove, range, drift, vagabond -- (move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment; "The gypsies roamed the woods"; "roving vagabonds"; "the wandering Jew"; "The cattle roam across the prairie"; "the laborers drift from one town to the next"; "They rolled from town to town")
2. (1) cheat on, cheat, cuckold, betray, wander -- (be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage; "She cheats on her husband"; "Might her husband be wandering?")
3. wander -- (go via an indirect route or at no set pace; "After dinner, we wandered into town")
4. weave, wind, thread, meander, wander -- (to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course; "the river winds through the hills"; "the path meanders through the vineyards"; "sometimes, the gout wanders through the entire body")
5. digress, stray, divagate, wander -- (lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or speaking; "She always digresses when telling a story"; "her mind wanders"; "Don't digress when you give a lecture")
Grep of noun wander
wanderer
wandering
wandering albatross
wandering jew
wandering nerve
wanderlust
Antonyms of verb wander
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb wander
5 senses of wander
Sense 1
roll, wander, swan, stray, tramp, roam, cast, ramble, rove, range, drift, vagabond
=> travel, go, move, locomote
Sense 2
cheat on, cheat, cuckold, betray, wander
=> deceive, lead on, delude, cozen
=> victimize, victimise
=> wrong
=> treat, handle, do by
=> interact
=> act, move
Sense 3
wander
=> proceed, go forward, continue
=> travel, go, move, locomote
Sense 4
weave, wind, thread, meander, wander
=> travel, go, move, locomote
Sense 5
digress, stray, divagate, wander
=> tell
=> inform
=> communicate, intercommunicate
=> interact
=> act, move
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb wander
3 of 5 senses of wander
Sense 1
roll, wander, swan, stray, tramp, roam, cast, ramble, rove, range, drift, vagabond
=> maunder
=> gallivant, gad, jazz around
Sense 2
cheat on, cheat, cuckold, betray, wander
=> two-time
=> play around, fool around
Sense 4
weave, wind, thread, meander, wander
=> snake
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb wander
5 senses of wander
Sense 1
roll, wander, swan, stray, tramp, roam, cast, ramble, rove, range, drift, vagabond
=> travel, go, move, locomote
Sense 2
cheat on, cheat, cuckold, betray, wander
=> deceive, lead on, delude, cozen
Sense 3
wander
=> proceed, go forward, continue
Sense 4
weave, wind, thread, meander, wander
=> travel, go, move, locomote
Sense 5
digress, stray, divagate, wander
=> tell
'Cause To' of verb wander
Derived Forms of verb wander
1 of 5 senses of wander
Sense 1
roll, wander, swan, stray, tramp, roam, cast, ramble, rove, range, drift, vagabond
RELATED TO>(noun) wanderer#1
=> wanderer, roamer, rover, bird of passage
RELATED TO>(noun) wandering#1
=> wandering, roving, vagabondage
Domain of verb wander
Domain Terms of verb wander
Familiarity of verb wander
wander used as a verb is common (polysemy count =5)
Sample Sentences of verb wander
5 senses of wander
Sense 1
roll, wander, swan, stray, tramp, roam, cast, ramble, rove, range, drift, vagabond
EX: They wander the countryside
EX: They wander in the countryside
Sense 2
cheat on, cheat, cuckold, betray, wander
*> Somebody ----s somebody
=> Somebody ----s
Sense 3
wander
*> Somebody ----s PP
Sense 4
weave, wind, thread, meander, wander
*> Something is ----ing PP
*> Somebody ----s PP
Sense 5
digress, stray, divagate, wander
*> Somebody ----s
*> Somebody ----s PP
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb wander
5 senses of wander
Sense 1
roll, wander, swan, stray, tramp, roam, cast, ramble, rove, range, drift, vagabond
> travel, go, move, locomote
=> go around, spread, circulate
=> carry
=> ease
=> whish
=> float
=> swap
=> seek
=> whine
=> fly
=> ride
=> come
=> ghost
=> betake oneself
=> pass over, overfly
=> travel
=> wend
=> do
=> raft
=> get around, get about
=> repair, resort
=> cruise
=> travel, journey
=> come, come up
=> round
=> trundle
=> push
=> travel purposefully
=> swing
=> roll, wander, swan, stray, tramp, roam, cast, ramble, rove, range, drift, vagabond
=> walk, take the air
=> weave, wind, thread, meander, wander
=> forge, spurt, spirt
=> crawl, creep
=> scramble
=> slither, slide
=> wheel, roll
=> glide
=> bounce, jounce
=> breeze
=> float, drift, be adrift, blow
=> play
=> float, swim
=> walk
=> turn, move around
=> circle
=> slice into, slice through
=> stray, err, drift
=> run
=> step
=> drive, motor
=> automobile
=> ski
=> fly, wing
=> steamer, steam
=> tram
=> taxi
=> ferry
=> caravan
=> ride, sit
=> prance
=> swim
=> rise, lift, arise, move up, go up, come up, uprise
=> ascend, go up
=> descend, fall, go down, come down
=> fall
=> zigzag, crank
=> follow, travel along
=> advance, progress, pass on, move on, march on, go on
=> withdraw, retreat, pull away, draw back, recede, pull back, retire, move back
=> retrograde
=> proceed, go forward, continue
=> back
=> pan
=> follow
=> precede, lead
=> pursue, follow
=> return, go back, get back, come back
=> derail, jump
=> flock
=> accompany
=> billow
=> circulate
=> circle, circulate
=> angle
=> pass, go through, go across
=> travel by, pass by, surpass, go past, go by, pass
=> travel rapidly, speed, hurry, zip
=> speed
=> zoom
=> drive
=> rush, hotfoot, hasten, hie, speed, race, pelt along, rush along, cannonball along, bucket along, belt along
=> trail, shack
=> shuttle
=> hiss, whoosh
=> whisk
=> career
=> circuit
=> lance
=> outflank, go around
=> propagate
=> draw
=> transfer, change
=> swash
=> pace
=> step, tread
=> step
=> hurtle
=> retreat
=> whistle
=> island hop
=> plow, plough
=> lurch
=> sift
=> fall
=> drag
=> run
=> bang
=> precess
=> travel, move around
=> ride
=> snowshoe
=> beetle
Sense 2
cheat on, cheat, cuckold, betray, wander
> deceive, lead on, delude, cozen
=> betray, sell
=> cheat, chisel
=> shill
=> flim-flam, trick, fob, fox, pull a fast one on, play a trick on
=> fool, gull, befool
=> cheat on, cheat, cuckold, betray, wander
=> hoax, pull someone's leg, play a joke on
=> ensnare, entrap, frame, set up
=> humbug
Sense 3
wander
> proceed, go forward, continue
=> head
=> trace
=> roar
=> limp
=> wander
Sense 4
weave, wind, thread, meander, wander
> travel, go, move, locomote
=> go around, spread, circulate
=> carry
=> ease
=> whish
=> float
=> swap
=> seek
=> whine
=> fly
=> ride
=> come
=> ghost
=> betake oneself
=> pass over, overfly
=> travel
=> wend
=> do
=> raft
=> get around, get about
=> repair, resort
=> cruise
=> travel, journey
=> come, come up
=> round
=> trundle
=> push
=> travel purposefully
=> swing
=> roll, wander, swan, stray, tramp, roam, cast, ramble, rove, range, drift, vagabond
=> walk, take the air
=> weave, wind, thread, meander, wander
=> forge, spurt, spirt
=> crawl, creep
=> scramble
=> slither, slide
=> wheel, roll
=> glide
=> bounce, jounce
=> breeze
=> float, drift, be adrift, blow
=> play
=> float, swim
=> walk
=> turn, move around
=> circle
=> slice into, slice through
=> stray, err, drift
=> run
=> step
=> drive, motor
=> automobile
=> ski
=> fly, wing
=> steamer, steam
=> tram
=> taxi
=> ferry
=> caravan
=> ride, sit
=> prance
=> swim
=> rise, lift, arise, move up, go up, come up, uprise
=> ascend, go up
=> descend, fall, go down, come down
=> fall
=> zigzag, crank
=> follow, travel along
=> advance, progress, pass on, move on, march on, go on
=> withdraw, retreat, pull away, draw back, recede, pull back, retire, move back
=> retrograde
=> proceed, go forward, continue
=> back
=> pan
=> follow
=> precede, lead
=> pursue, follow
=> return, go back, get back, come back
=> derail, jump
=> flock
=> accompany
=> billow
=> circulate
=> circle, circulate
=> angle
=> pass, go through, go across
=> travel by, pass by, surpass, go past, go by, pass
=> travel rapidly, speed, hurry, zip
=> speed
=> zoom
=> drive
=> rush, hotfoot, hasten, hie, speed, race, pelt along, rush along, cannonball along, bucket along, belt along
=> trail, shack
=> shuttle
=> hiss, whoosh
=> whisk
=> career
=> circuit
=> lance
=> outflank, go around
=> propagate
=> draw
=> transfer, change
=> swash
=> pace
=> step, tread
=> step
=> hurtle
=> retreat
=> whistle
=> island hop
=> plow, plough
=> lurch
=> sift
=> fall
=> drag
=> run
=> bang
=> precess
=> travel, move around
=> ride
=> snowshoe
=> beetle
Sense 5
digress, stray, divagate, wander
> tell
=> digress, stray, divagate, wander
=> bespeak, betoken, indicate, point, signal
=> unwrap, disclose, let on, bring out, reveal, discover, expose, divulge, impart, break, give away, let out
=> spill, talk
=> publicize, publicise, air, bare
=> repeat, reiterate, ingeminate, iterate, restate, retell
=> propagandize, propagandise
=> announce, annunciate, harbinger, foretell, herald
=> impart, leave, give, pass on
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb wander
Sense 1
roll, wander, swan, stray, tramp, roam, cast, ramble, rove, range, drift, vagabond
=> travel, go, move, locomote
Sense 3
wander
=> proceed, go forward, continue
Sense 4
weave, wind, thread, meander, wander
=> travel, go, move, locomote
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Sense 2
cheat on, cheat, cuckold, betray, wander
=> deceive, lead on, delude, cozen
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Sense 5
digress, stray, divagate, wander
=> tell
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Grep of verb wander
wander
Grep of adj wander
wandering
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