wander

/'wɔndə/
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wander

A child wanders through a sunny meadow.

Definition
  1. Verb:
    • To move about without a fixed course, aim, or goal: To walk, travel, or proceed in a leisurely, aimless, or casual manner.
    • To deviate or stray from a path, place, or subject: To leave a planned route, a physical location, or the main topic of discussion.
    • To follow a winding or meandering course: To move or extend in an irregular, sinuous, or circular path.
    • Of the mind or thoughts: To lose concentration or focus; to think or talk in a disconnected or unfocused way.
Examples of Usage
  • Verb:
    • We decided to wander through the old town without a map. (To move aimlessly)
    • The speaker tends to wander from his main point. (To stray from a subject)
    • The trail wanders along the coastline for miles. (To follow a winding course)
    • My mind started to wander during the long lecture. (To lose focus)
Advanced Usage
  • "to wander off": to leave a place or group, especially without telling anyone, often by moving aimlessly.
    • The child wandered off in the supermarket.
  • "one's eyes/gaze wanders": to look around at different things without focusing on one.
    • His gaze wandered around the crowded room.
  • "to wander the world": to travel extensively without a fixed itinerary.
    • After graduating, she wanted to wander the world for a year.
Variants and Related Words
  • Wanderer (n): a person who travels aimlessly; a roamer.
    • He was a lifelong wanderer with no permanent address.
  • Wandering (adj/n): traveling aimlessly from place to place; the act of doing so.
    • The wandering minstrel sang for his supper. (adj)
    • His wanderings took him to many remote islands. (n)
Synonyms
  • Roam: to move about or travel without a fixed purpose or destination.
  • Meander: to follow a winding and turning course.
  • Stray: to deviate from the correct or intended path or course.
  • Digress: to leave the main subject temporarily in speech or writing.
Related Phrasal Verbs
  • Wander off: See "Advanced Usage" above.
  • Wander about/around: to walk around an area without any specific purpose.
    • We spent the afternoon wandering around the city center.
Related Idioms
  • Wandering eye: a tendency to look at and be attracted to other people in a romantic or sexual way while already in a relationship.
    • His wandering eye caused problems in his marriage.
  • Wandering Jew: (historical/literary) a legendary figure condemned to roam the earth until the Second Coming; sometimes used to describe a perpetual traveler.
    • He lived like a Wandering Jew, never staying in one city for long.
wander

A child wanders through a sunny meadow.

Verb
  1. 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
  2. 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
    • sometimes, the gout wanders through the entire body
  3. go via an indirect route or at no set pace
    • After dinner, we wandered into town
  4. be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage
    • She cheats on her husband
    • Might her husband be wandering?
  5. 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

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