Synonyms for ramble
ˈræm bəlram·ble

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1. rambleverb

   Synonyms:
   drivelVerb

2. rambleverb

   To move about aimlessly, or on a winding course

   Synonyms:
   drivelVerb

3. rambleverb

   To walk for pleasure; to amble or saunter.

   Synonyms:
   drivelVerb

4. rambleverb

   To talk or write incessantly, unclearly, or incoherently, with many digressions.

   Francine has a tendency to ramble when it gets to be late in the evening.

   Synonyms:
   drivelVerb

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1. ramble

   To wander (Anglo-Saxon windan, wind) is to move in an indefinite or indeterminate way which may or may not be a departure from a prescribed way; to deviate (Latin de, from, and via, a way) is to turn from a prescribed or right way, physically, mentally, or morally, usually in an unfavorable sense; to diverge (Latin di, apart, and vergo, incline, tend) is to turn from a course previously followed or that something else follows, and has no unfavorable implication; to digress (Latin di, apart, aside, and gradior, step) is used only with reference to speaking or writing; to err is used of intellectual or moral action, and of the moral with primary reference to the intellectual, an error being viewed as in some degree due to ignorance. Range, roam, and rove imply the traversing of considerable, often of vast, distances of land or sea; range commonly implies a purpose; as, cattle range for food; a hunting-dog ranges a field for game. Roam and rove are often purposeless, and always without definite aim. To swerve or veer is to turn suddenly from a prescribed or previous course, and often but momentarily; veer is more capricious and repetitious; the horse swerves at the flash of a sword; the wind veers; the ship veers with the wind. To stray is to go in a somewhat purposeless way aside from the regular path or usual limits or abode, usually with unfavorable implication; cattle stray from their pastures; an author strays from his subject; one strays from the path of virtue. Stray is in most uses a lighter word than wander. Ramble, in its literal use, is always a word of pleasant suggestion, but in its figurative use always somewhat contemptuous; as, rambling talk.

   Synonyms:
   deviate, digress, diverge, err, go astray, range, roam, rove, stray, swerve, veer, wander

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1. rambleverb

   Synonyms:
   rove, roam, wander, range, stroll, saunter, stray

   Antonyms:
   course, speed, hasten, drive, run

2. ramblenoun

   Synonyms:
   jaunt, tour, wandering, strolling, excursion

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1. ramble, meanderverb

   an aimless amble on a winding course

   Synonyms:
   meander

2. ramble on, ramble, jogverb

   continue talking or writing in a desultory manner

   "This novel rambles on and jogs"

   Synonyms:
   square up, rove, jog, stray, cast, range, roam, even up, swan, roll, clip, drift, wander, trot, ramble on, tramp, vagabond

3. roll, wander, swan, stray, tramp, roam, cast, ramble, rove, range, drift, vagabondverb

   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"

   Synonyms:
   roam, project, hustle, wrap, verify, spue, redact, affirm, drift, draw, cast off, wave, array, assert, wander, cheat on, mold, float, cast, put, twine, slog, turn over, avow, cheat, throw away, frame, place, roll up, seethe, pasture, crop, vomit up, browse, chuck, mould, roll, throw up, contrive, retch, purge, rate, betray, tramp, disgorge, swear, plod, meander, flap, blow, lay out, pad, shed, wheel, shake off, barf, graze, weave, stray, wind, range, vagabond, swan, rank, grade, couch, thread, pluck, freewheel, rove, be adrift, regurgitate, cuckold, throw off, straddle, throw, cat, vomit, ramble on, revolve, order, hurtle, spew, honk, roll out, regorge, drop, set out, aver, run, jog, hurl, trudge, err, upchuck, footslog, be sick, undulate, digress, sick, divagate, puke

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1. sprawling

   sit around;lazy

   "the boys were sprawling around in gym class"

   Submitted by anonymous on November 17, 2019  

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1. rambleverb

   Synonyms:
   rove, wander, stroll, range, roam, straggle, stray

2. ramblenoun

   Synonyms:
   stroll, excursion, trip, tour, wandering, rambling, roving

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1. ramblenoun

   Synonyms:
   stroll, wandering, rambling

2. rambleverb

   Synonyms:
   rove, range, stroll, stray, straggle, roam, wander

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How to use ramble in a sentence?

1. Christian Cooper:

   I think I was just scared, when you're alone in the Central Park Ramble, you don't know what's happening. Central Park Ramble's not excusable, Central Park Ramble's not defensible.

2. Christian Cooper:

   I think I was just scared, when you're alone in the Ramble, you don't know what's happening. It's not excusable, it's not defensible.

3. Amanda Barnett:

   I marveled at the way the 8a meeting would sometimes have big debates and we'd all jump in with thoughts and ideas and ramble all over the place, and then, at the end -- or sometimes in the middle if he wanted to move on -- Manuel would bring it all together with just one sentence or direction that was always better than everything we'd been rabbiting about.

4. Peggy Caruso:

   You don't want to ramble. Have a quick 30-second explainer of what you do so they understand, and follow up with a question... everyone likes to talk about themselves.