Synonyms for roam
roʊmroam

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1. roamverb

   Synonyms:
   err, wander

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1. roam

   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, ramble, range, rove, stray, swerve, veer, wander

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1. roam

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

   Antonyms:
   hurry, speed, fly, hasten, press

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1. 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:
   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, ramble, 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. roamverb

   Synonyms:
   ramble, stroll, wander, range, rove, stray, straggle, wander about, rove around, gad about

2. roamverb

   Synonyms:
   wander or range over, stray about

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1. roamverb

   Synonyms:
   ramble, stray, rove, range, wander

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1. List of paraphrases for "roam":

   wander

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How to use roam in a sentence?

1. Victor Cuevas:

   Tigers are hardwired to roam hundreds of square miles, so there's no cage that's going to be sufficient for them, the only reason that people have tigers as pets is to try to show off to others.

2. Vanessa Kauffman:

   We are currently gathering facts about the issue and will assist Zimbabwe officials in whatever manner requested, it is up to all of us - not just the people of Africa - to ensure that healthy, wild populations of animals continue to roam the savanna for generations to come.

3. Kristin Watson:

   We make anywhere work, we went to Chicago … with Roam, and we walked all around and did all the things in Chicago and she loved it. Most places have parks, so we always just squeeze in a park or something for her.

4. Laura Mazza:

   I could let my children roam free, like yours once did, but no sooner than later would someone record it on their phone, post it in a parenting group and Id having threats to child protection because I let my child roam free. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR LIFESTYLE NEWSLETTER After explaining how modern devices are seemingly here to stay, the bloggercontinued to explain that in the modern world, shes her childs village now. If you dont support a parent in their fears, their struggles, their choices, the life that is presented to them, you certainly dont support the child. And as a parent of this generation, frankly, we are sick of hearing it.

5. Kristin Watson:

   It’s important to be realistic, sometimes we overshoot. We’ll be like, ‘Let’s go on this six-mile hike’ and expect Roam to be an angel for a six-mile hike… Just know that there are probably going to be meltdowns in the process at some point.