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Synonyms for stray
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
stray
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, roam, rove, swerve, veer, wander
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Princeton's WordNet
strayadjective
an animal that has strayed (especially a domestic animal)
isolated, strayadjective
not close together in time
"isolated instances of rebellion"; "a few stray crumbs"
Synonyms:
stranded, set-apart, apart(p), separated, detached, marooned, quarantined, isolated, obscure, disjunctstrayverb
(of an animal) having no home or having wandered away from home
"a stray calf"; "a stray dog"
Synonyms:
isolatedroll, 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, 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, pukestray, err, driftverb
wander from a direct course or at random
"The child strayed from the path and her parents lost sight of her"; "don't drift from the set course"
Synonyms:
ramble, rove, range, divagate, err, cast, roam, be adrift, swan, roll, digress, drift, wander, slip, freewheel, blow, tramp, mistake, vagabond, floatdigress, stray, divagate, wanderverb
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"; "Don't digress when you give a lecture"
Synonyms:
sidetrack, cheat on, ramble, rove, range, divagate, err, cast, betray, thread, cheat, roam, wind, roll, digress, swan, wander, cuckold, drift, depart, straggle, weave, tramp, meander, vagabond
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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#173 | order | |
#288 | project | |
#316 | place | |
#352 | rate | |
#457 | thread | |
#603 | browse | |
#605 | range | |
#672 | run | |
#679 | put | |
#1518 | grade | |
#1760 | cat | |
#1784 | frame | |
#1899 | wind | |
#2158 | drop | |
#2219 | rank | |
#2394 | cast | |
#2540 | blow | |
#2595 | roll | |
#3043 | wheel | |
#3064 | array | |
#3233 | wave | |
#3350 | draw | |
#4358 | sick | |
#4404 | throw | |
#4675 | verify | |
#5030 | pad | |
#5110 | slip | |
#5452 | wrap | |
#5648 | crop | |
#5805 | mistake | |
#6230 | cheat | |
#6287 | separated | |
#6367 | chuck | |
#6462 | isolated | |
#6803 | float | |
#8245 | shed | |
#8708 | homeless | |
#8988 | mold | |
#10105 | depart | |
#10368 | swan | |
#10651 | couch | |
#11353 | err | |
#11779 | drift | |
#12087 | detached | |
#13093 | assert | |
#13380 | obscure | |
#13628 | swear | |
#14613 | flap | |
#16012 | wandering | |
#16191 | stranded | |
#17234 | rove | |
#17542 | wander | |
#17716 | weave | |
#18003 | pasture | |
#18651 | stray | |
#18963 | hustle | |
#19474 | affirm | |
#20858 | parasite | |
#20940 | mould | |
#21860 | cuckold | |
#21908 | purge | |
#25040 | tramp | |
#25519 | roam | |
#26264 | jog | |
#28085 | pluck | |
#30664 | vomit | |
#34759 | deviate | |
#36328 | revolve | |
#37100 | betray | |
#38443 | puke | |
#38590 | ramble | |
#39205 | aver | |
#39493 | vagabond | |
#40610 | veer | |
#43626 | digress | |
#43915 | twine | |
#47400 | graze | |
#49599 | spew | |
#49901 | hurl | |
#51757 | diverge | |
#52352 | meander | |
#53287 | honk | |
#53633 | quarantined | |
#54814 | barf | |
#54834 | straddle | |
#58596 | vagrant | |
#60871 | swerve | |
#62791 | slog | |
#87029 | marooned | |
#99967 | plod | |
#101641 | freewheel | |
#103482 | contrive | |
#108612 | trudge | |
#116093 | regurgitate | |
#119284 | disjunct | |
#123951 | sidetrack | |
#154506 | disgorge | |
#155372 | hurtle | |
#163284 | seethe | |
#170258 | avow | |
#175654 | retch | |
#204476 | undulate | |
#207516 | redact | |
#234056 | upchuck | |
#304040 | straggle |
How to use stray in a sentence?
When in despair, we tend to stray. Be optimistic, redemption is not far away!
One of the main uses of ultra-black materials is to coat the inside of optical equipment to prevent stray light from bouncing around within it, as long as you can create a random array of these nanoparticles that are highly absorbing and the right size and shape, then you should be able to coat anything with it. So there's no need to create some detailed structure to make it work.
We're on the Mississippi River, so there's going to have to be geese and ducks that are contaminated coming down that flyway, even though we have very few chicken farms on the water, those birds are going to stray all over the state during hunting season.
My desperation to find him led to an unimaginable journey. I met dozens of people, who out of the goodness of their hearts, spend countless hours rescuing and caring for stray and feral cats, they helped me hand out flyers, hang posters, and search neighbors‘ yards. We set up feeding stations and night vision cameras in areas where sightings were reported.
We will try to win the election in the right way. Don't stray from the right way because of the rumors and dirty provocations. It is the time to compete against the negative people with our strong spirit.
Translations for stray
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- blouditCzech
- streunen, sich verlaufen, sich irren, Streuner, irren, streunend, verloren gehenGerman
- αδέσποτο, αδέσποτοςGreek
- descaminarse, perderse, callejear, descarriarse, vagar, callejero, extraviado, extraviarse, vagabundear, errar, divagarSpanish
- منحرف شدنPersian
- yhteislaidun, harhautua, eksyä, karata, karkulainen, poiketa, eksynyt, karkaaminen, karannut, harhailu, hairahtuaFinnish
- [[animal]] [[errant]], errer, égaré, errant, commun, erranceFrench
- fuadainScottish Gaelic
- kóborHungarian
- snodare, vagante, perdersi, zigzagare, randagio, snodarsi, estraniarsi, vagareItalian
- ストレイJapanese
- strayLatin
- dwalenDutch
- bezdomny, zbłąkanyPolish
- desgarradoPortuguese
- бродячий, плутать, бездомный, сбиваться с пути, блуждать, свернуть, сворачивать, сбиться с пути, шальной, заблудитьсяRussian
- zatúlaný, túlavý, zblúdiť, túlať sa, potulovať saSlovak
- arrakatAlbanian
- தவறானTamil
- yoldan sapmak, başıboş, başıboş dolaşmak, yanılmak, başıboş dolaşan, kaybolmakTurkish
- 流浪Chinese
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