Dictionary Entry
wander
wander is a 6-letter English word with 9 senses as intransitive verb, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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 fields. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
6 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 11 · 9 senses
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- 1intransitive verb
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 fields.
- 2intransitive verb
To go away; to depart; to stray off; to deviate; to go astray; as, a writer wanders from his subject.
- 3intransitive verb
To be delirious; not to be under the guidance of reason; to rave; as, the mind wanders.
- 4transitive verb
To travel over without a certain course; to traverse; to stroll through.
- 5verb
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"
- 6verb
move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
"The gypsies roamed the woods"
"roving vagabonds"
- 7verb
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"
- 8verb
go via an indirect route or at no set pace
"After dinner, we wandered into town"
- 9verb
be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage
"She cheats on her husband"
"Might her husband be wandering?"
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