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How to pronounce wander in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms cast, drift, ramble, range, roam, roll, rove, stray, swan, tramp, vagabond
Type of locomote, travel, go, move
Has types maunder, gad, jazz around, gallivant
Verb group stray, err, drift
Derivation wanderer, wandering


the wandering Jew.
Type Words
Synonyms meander, thread, weave, wind
Type of go, travel, locomote, move
Has types snake


sometimes, the gout wanders through the entire body.
Type Words
Synonyms betray, cheat, cheat on, cuckold
Type of delude, lead on, cozen, deceive
Has types play around, two-time, fool around


Might her husband be wandering?.
Type Words
Synonyms digress, divagate, stray
Type of tell


her mind wanders.
Type Words
Type of proceed, go forward, continue
Verb group wind, drift, meander, ramble, range, roam, roll, rove, stray, swan, thread, tramp, vagabond, weave, cast


After dinner, we wandered into town.

Examples of wander

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Wander upstairs and you'll see a corner exhibit devoted to baby contest history.
From the desmoinesregister.com
The disadvantage of a bus tour is that we don't get to wander around the island.
From the kansas.com
If you like museums, wander around on Saturday afternoons sometimes on your own.
From the guardian.co.uk
Tourists wander around taking photos of themselves, each other, and the flowers.
From the theepochtimes.com
Giant herds of Brahman cattle wander across the ochre canvas of the countryside.
From the au.news.yahoo.com
You can wander from venue to venue, although the most popular spots have queues.
From the guardian.co.uk
This is the perfect afternoon to wander around and figure out precisely nothing.
From the delawareonline.com
The lights stay on, so nobody dozes off, and there's no paper to wander through.
From the time.com
Wander later said he never did have enough time to take his kids out for treats.
From the dailyherald.com
More examples
  • Roll: 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"
  • Cheat on: be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage; "She cheats on her husband"; "Might her husband be wandering?"
  • Go via an indirect route or at no set pace; "After dinner, we wandered into town"
  • Weave: 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"
  • Digress: 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"
  • (wandering) mobile: migratory; "a restless mobile society"; "the nomadic habits of the Bedouins"; "believed the profession of a peregrine typist would have a happy future"; "wandering tribes"
  • (wandering) travelling about without any clear destination; "she followed him in his wanderings and looked after him"
  • (wandering) meandering(a): of a path e.g.; "meandering streams"; "rambling forest paths"; "the river followed its wandering course"; "a winding country road"
  • In telecommunication, wander are long-term low-frequency random variations of the significant instants of a digital signal from their ideal positions. ...