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wandering |
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb wander 3 of 5 senses of wander Sense 1 wander, swan, stray, tramp, roam, cast, ramble, rove, range, drift, vagabond => maunder => gallivant, gad, jazz around Sense 2 cheat on cheat, cuckold, betray, wander => twotime => play around fool around Sense 4 weave, wind, thread, meander, wander => snake Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb wander 3 of 5 senses of wander Sense 1 wander, swan, stray, tramp, roam, cast, ramble, rove, range, drift, vagabond => maunder => gallivant, gad, jazz around Sense 2 cheat on cheat, cuckold, betray, wander => twotime => play around fool around Sense 4 weave, wind, thread, meander, wander => snake Entailment of verb wander Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Frequency) of verb wander 5 senses of wander Sense 1 wander, swan, stray, tramp, roam, cast, ramble, rove, range, drift, vagabond => travel, go move locomote Sense 2 cheat on cheat, cuckold, betray, wander => deceive, lead on delude, cozen Sense 3 wander => proceed, go forward, continue Sense 4 weave, wind, thread, meander, wander => travel, go move locomote Sense 5 digress, stray, divagate, wander => tell Familiarity of verb wander wander used as a verb is common (polysemy count = 5) Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb wander Sense 1 wander, swan, stray, tramp, roam, cast, ramble, rove, range, drift, vagabond => travel, go move locomote Sense 3 wander => proceed, go forward, continue Sense 4 weave, wind, thread, meander, wander => travel, go move locomote -------------- Sense 2 cheat on cheat, cuckold, betray, wander => deceive, lead on delude, cozen -------------- Sense 5 digress, stray, divagate, wander => tell -------------- Grep of noun wandering wandering wandering albatross wandering jew wandering nerve Overview of noun wandering The noun wandering has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts) 1. wandering, roving, vagabondage -- (travelling about without any clear destination; "she followed him in his wanderings and looked after him") Overview of verb wander The verb wander has 5 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (18) wander, swan, stray, tramp, roam, cast, ramble, rove, range, drift, vagabond -- (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") 2. (1) cheat on cheat, cuckold, betray, wander -- (be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage; "She cheats on her husband"; "Might her husband be wandering?") 3. wander -- (go via an indirect route or at no set pace; "After dinner, we wandered into town") 4. weave, wind, thread, meander, wander -- (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") 5. digress, stray, divagate, wander -- (lose clarity or turn aside esp. 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") Overview of adj wandering The adj wandering has 3 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (2) mobile, nomadic, peregrine, roving, wandering -- ((of groups of people) tending to travel and change settlements frequently; "a restless mobile society"; "the nomadic habits of the Bedouins"; "believed the profession of a peregrine typist would have a happy future"; "wandering tribes") 2. (2) meandering, rambling, wandering, winding -- (of a path e.g.; "meandering streams"; "rambling forest paths"; "the river followed its wandering course"; "a winding country road") 3. erratic, planetary, wandering -- (having no fixed course; "an erratic comet"; "his life followed a wandering course"; "a planetary vagabond") Antonyms of adj wandering 3 senses of wandering Sense 1 mobile, nomadic, peregrine, roving, wandering INDIRECT (VIA unsettled) -> settled Sense 2 meandering(postnominal), rambling, wandering(postnominal), winding INDIRECT (VIA indirect) -> direct Sense 3 erratic, planetary, wandering INDIRECT (VIA unsettled) -> settled Similarity of adj wandering 3 senses of wandering Sense 1 mobile, nomadic, peregrine, roving, wandering => unsettled (vs. settled) Sense 2 meandering(postnominal), rambling, wandering(postnominal), winding => indirect (vs. direct) Sense 3 erratic, planetary, wandering => unsettled (vs. settled) Attributes of adj wandering Familiarity of adj wandering wandering used as an adjective is uncommon (polysemy count = 3) Grep of adj wandering wandering Overview of noun wandering The noun wandering has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts) 1. wandering, roving, vagabondage -- (travelling about without any clear destination; "she followed him in his wanderings and looked after him") Overview of verb wander The verb wander has 5 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (18) wander, swan, stray, tramp, roam, cast, ramble, rove, range, drift, vagabond -- (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") 2. (1) cheat on cheat, cuckold, betray, wander -- (be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage; "She cheats on her husband"; "Might her husband be wandering?") 3. wander -- (go via an indirect route or at no set pace; "After dinner, we wandered into town") 4. weave, wind, thread, meander, wander -- (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") 5. digress, stray, divagate, wander -- (lose clarity or turn aside esp. 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") Overview of adj wandering The adj wandering has 3 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (2) mobile, nomadic, peregrine, roving, wandering -- ((of groups of people) tending to travel and change settlements frequently; "a restless mobile society"; "the nomadic habits of the Bedouins"; "believed the profession of a peregrine typist would have a happy future"; "wandering tribes") 2. (2) meandering, rambling, wandering, winding -- (of a path e.g.; "meandering streams"; "rambling forest paths"; "the river followed its wandering course"; "a winding country road") 3. erratic, planetary, wandering -- (having no fixed course; "an erratic comet"; "his life followed a wandering course"; "a planetary vagabond")
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