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

Definitions

1. intransitive 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.
2. intransitive verb. To go away; to depart; to stray off; to deviate; to go astray; as, a writer wanders from his subject.
3. intransitive verb. To be delirious; not to be under the guidance of reason; to rave; as, the mind wanders.
4. transitive verb. To travel over without a certain course; to traverse; to stroll through.
5. verb. 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"

   Synonyms: digress, divagate, stray

6. verb. move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment

   "The gypsies roamed the woods"

   "roving vagabonds"

   Synonyms: cast, drift, ramble, range, roam, roll, rove, stray, swan, tramp, vagabond

7. verb. 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"

   Synonyms: meander, thread, weave, wind

8. verb. go via an indirect route or at no set pace

   "After dinner, we wandered into town"

9. verb. be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage

   "She cheats on her husband"

   "Might her husband be wandering?"

   Synonyms: betray, cheat, cuckold

Synonyms

digress, divagate, stray, cast, drift, ramble, range, roam, roll, rove, swan, tramp, vagabond, meander, thread, weave, wind, betray, cheat, cuckold

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in wander:

andrew, redawn, warden, warned

Common word forms

wanders, wandered, wanderer, wandering, wanderable

Words from these letters

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