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Stray

To wander, as from a direct course; to deviate, or go out of the way.

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Verb group 24

Drift 84% connected

A driving; a violent movement.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Drift 84% connected

A driving; a violent movement.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Err 84% connected

To wander; to roam; to stray.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Err 84% connected

To wander; to roam; to stray.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Ramble 84% connected

To walk, ride, or sail, from place to place, without any determinate object in view; to roam carelessly or irregularly; to rove; to wander; as, to ra…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Ramble 84% connected

To walk, ride, or sail, from place to place, without any determinate object in view; to roam carelessly or irregularly; to rove; to wander; as, to ra…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Range 84% connected

To set in a row, or in rows; to place in a regular line or lines, or in ranks; to dispose in the proper order; to rank; as, to range soldiers in line.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Range 84% connected

To set in a row, or in rows; to place in a regular line or lines, or in ranks; to dispose in the proper order; to rank; as, to range soldiers in line.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Roam 84% connected

To go from place to place without any certain purpose or direction; to rove; to wander.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Roam 84% connected

To go from place to place without any certain purpose or direction; to rove; to wander.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Roll 84% connected

To cause to revolve by turning over and over; to move by turning on an axis; to impel forward by causing to turn over and over on a supporting surfac…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Roll 84% connected

To cause to revolve by turning over and over; to move by turning on an axis; to impel forward by causing to turn over and over on a supporting surfac…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Swan 84% connected

Any one of numerous species of large aquatic birds belonging to Cygnus, Olor, and allied genera of the subfamily Cygninae. They have a large and stro…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Swan 84% connected

Any one of numerous species of large aquatic birds belonging to Cygnus, Olor, and allied genera of the subfamily Cygninae. They have a large and stro…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Tramp 84% connected

To tread upon forcibly and repeatedly; to trample.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Tramp 84% connected

To tread upon forcibly and repeatedly; to trample.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Vagabond 84% connected

Moving from place to place without a settled habitation; wandering.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Vagabond 84% connected

Moving from place to place without a settled habitation; wandering.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Wander 84% connected

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 fi…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Wander 84% connected

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 fi…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Similar meaning 4

Lost 84% connected

Parted with unwillingly or unintentionally; not to be found; missing; as, a lost book or sheep.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Lost 84% connected

Parted with unwillingly or unintentionally; not to be found; missing; as, a lost book or sheep.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Sporadic 84% connected

Occuring singly, or apart from other things of the same kind, or in scattered instances; separate; single; as, a sporadic fireball; a sporadic case o…

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Sporadic 84% connected

Occuring singly, or apart from other things of the same kind, or in scattered instances; separate; single; as, a sporadic fireball; a sporadic case o…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Manner of action 3

Gad 76% connected

The point of a spear, or an arrowhead.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Gallivant 76% connected

To play the beau; to wait upon the ladies; also, to roam about for pleasure without any definite plan.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Maunder 76% connected

To beg.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Broader term 4

Go 76% connected

Gone.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Move 76% connected

To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Tell 76% connected

To mention one by one, or piece by piece; to recount; to enumerate; to reckon; to number; to count; as, to tell money.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Travel 76% connected

To labor; to travail.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Derivationally related 12

Drift 74% connected

A driving; a violent movement.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Drift 74% connected

A driving; a violent movement.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Driftage 74% connected

Deviation from a ship's course due to leeway.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Driftage 74% connected

Deviation from a ship's course due to leeway.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Excursus 74% connected

A dissertation or digression appended to a work, and containing a more extended exposition of some important point or topic.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Excursus 74% connected

A dissertation or digression appended to a work, and containing a more extended exposition of some important point or topic.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Ramble 74% connected

To walk, ride, or sail, from place to place, without any determinate object in view; to roam carelessly or irregularly; to rove; to wander; as, to ra…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

Ramble 74% connected

To walk, ride, or sail, from place to place, without any determinate object in view; to roam carelessly or irregularly; to rove; to wander; as, to ra…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

Synonym 14

Cast 92% connected

of Cast

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Digress 92% connected

To step or turn aside; to deviate; to swerve; especially, to turn aside from the main subject of attention, or course of argument, in writing or spea…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Drift 92% connected

A driving; a violent movement.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Err 92% connected

To wander; to roam; to stray.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Isolated 92% connected

of Isolate

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Ramble 92% connected

To walk, ride, or sail, from place to place, without any determinate object in view; to roam carelessly or irregularly; to rove; to wander; as, to ra…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Range 92% connected

To set in a row, or in rows; to place in a regular line or lines, or in ranks; to dispose in the proper order; to rank; as, to range soldiers in line.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Roam 92% connected

To go from place to place without any certain purpose or direction; to rove; to wander.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Roll 92% connected

To cause to revolve by turning over and over; to move by turning on an axis; to impel forward by causing to turn over and over on a supporting surfac…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Rove 92% connected

of Reeve

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Swan 92% connected

Any one of numerous species of large aquatic birds belonging to Cygnus, Olor, and allied genera of the subfamily Cygninae. They have a large and stro…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Tramp 92% connected

To tread upon forcibly and repeatedly; to trample.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Vagabond 92% connected

Moving from place to place without a settled habitation; wandering.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Wander 92% connected

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 fi…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

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