roam
verb
intransitive verb
transitive verb
Synonyms
- bat
- cruise
- drift
- float
- gad (about)
- gallivant
- galavant
- kick around
- knock (about)
- maunder
- meander
- mooch
- ramble
- range
- rove
- traipse
- wander
Example Sentences
Shanti Lerner, The Arizona Republic, 5 July 2022 The beauty of the facility — beyond its parklike atmosphere — is that spectators have the ability to roam and take in the action from different vantage points. Dave Kallmann, Journal Sentinel, 27 June 2022 Out of sight are also the areas to the east where Iranian militants roam free and U.S.-backed Kurdish forces are still hunting the remnants of the Islamic State. Sarah Dadouch, Washington Post, 23 June 2022 The research has not been published yet, but Smith said the team has seen a modest increase in turkey populations even the first year after the pigs are removed – likely just because the turkeys are freer to roam around and show up on game cameras. Dennis Pillion | Dpillion@al.com, al, 15 May 2022 Black bears roam freely and a single snowfall can blanket the ground with three feet of powder. New York Times, 13 Mar. 2022 This kneeling office chair is on casters, which gives you the freedom to roam without getting out of your chair. Popsci Commerce Team, Popular Science, 15 Mar. 2021 If approved by the TPZ, West Hartford dog owners could have a park for their four-legged friends to roam by the end of September. Alison Cross, Hartford Courant, 13 Aug. 2022 A few months before, the duchess said their young son was adjusting well to Santa Barbara and loving all the room to roam. Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 4 Aug. 2022 See More Word History
Middle English romen
14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1
Phrases Containing roam
Kids Definition
roam
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roam
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Synonyms & Similar Words
- wander
- drift
- stroll
- cruise
- rove
- float
- meander
- traipse
- range
- gallivant
- galavant
- ramble
- saunter
- bat
- mooch
- amble
- maunder
- knock (about)
- kick around
- gad (about)
- vagabond
- dawdle
- gypsy
- stray
- mope
- hobo
- straggle
- tramp
- mill (about or around)
Synonym Chooser
Some common synonyms of roam are meander, ramble, rove, traipse, and wander. While all these words mean "to go about from place to place usually without a plan or definite purpose," roam suggests wandering about freely and often far afield.
The words meander and roam can be used in similar contexts, but meander implies a winding or intricate course suggestive of aimless or listless wandering.
Although the words ramble and roam have much in common, ramble stresses carelessness and indifference to one's course or objective.
While the synonyms rove and roam are close in meaning, rove suggests vigorous and sometimes purposeful roaming.
While in some cases nearly identical to roam, traipse implies a course that is erratic but may sometimes be purposeful.
The words wander and roam are synonyms, but do differ in nuance. Specifically, wander implies an absence of or an indifference to a fixed course.
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