WANDERED Synonyms: 49 Similar and Opposite Words

wandered

verb

past tense of wander

as in roamed

to move about from place to place aimlessly we just went outside and wandered around until it was time to go

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as in fell

to commit an offense we have all wandered from the path of righteousness at least once in our lives

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Recent Examples of wandered Five burros were killed and a driver was injured when a herd wandered onto the 215 Freeway in 2020. — Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026 At one point, McLoughlin even snubbed Sylvester Stallone, another Kennedy Center Honoree who had wandered into the bar. — Marissa R. Moss, Rolling Stone, 5 Oct. 2026 The end result, Dallas Wilson wandered into the end zone, and the lead was 17. — Noah White, Miami Herald, 27 Sep. 2026 Inside, a photo call sat to one side while the crowd wandered among jewelry vitrines with Champagne, white Negronis and white cosmos in hand, taking in the diamonds. — Ryma Chikhoune, Footwear News, 24 Sep. 2026 The Nuggets had aimlessly wandered through the non-Nikola Jokic minutes for years without a firm identity to survive them. — Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 23 Sep. 2026 Young children go missing all the time, and statistics will tell you that most are found within hours, inside their own homes, or having wandered not much more than a mile away. — Hilary Whiteman, CNN Money, 20 Sep. 2026 The cat’s relaxed pose — comfortably seated on a cushion — could indicate that Emerald was a cherished household pet rather than an animal that simply wandered onto the property, according to Özgen. — Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 20 Sep. 2026 The Innab family, who owns the Eighth Street Mini Market in Park Slope, had just opened up for the day on Thursday when the 3-month-old kitten, named Jabal, wandered outside. — Andrew Ramos, CBS News, 13 Sep. 2026

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In March, federal officials estimated roughly 3,900 wild burros roamed there – far above the agency’s management target of about 450 animals.

— Harry Bruinius, Christian Science Monitor, 27 Oct. 2026
While dinosaurs roamed the earth, giant monsters roamed the sea.

— October 16, NPR, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of roamed

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In the postwar decades, humans seized ecosystems at breakneck speed—forests were felled, prairies plowed, wetlands drained.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2026
Griess, the superintendent of the National Mall and Memorial Parks, said the 430 trees that were felled were not identified as hazardous or raising safety concerns.

— Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of fell

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For the past 15 years, Ishmael Butler and his cast of collaborators have drifted further and further into the outer reaches, deconstructing and reassembling hip-hop, jazz, and kosmische conventions into sprawling, proggy rhapsodies.

— Dash Lewis, Pitchfork, 23 Oct. 2026
Meta stock plunged after the hyperscaler drifted into negative free cash flow, while China entered bear market territory with Alibaba’s stock dropping 6%, as investors questioned the return on its AI investments.

— Brendan Ruberry, semafor.com, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of drifted

Verb

The incident follows years of legal disputes over the pipeline, including a court ruling that Enbridge trespassed on tribal land.

— Laura Schulte, jsonline.com, 27 Aug. 2026
Since then, no one has been cited, trespassed or arrested for bringing weapons into the park, city and police officials told the Orlando Sentinel.

— Cristóbal Reyes, The Orlando Sentinel, 16 July 2026

Definition of trespassed

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And in May, residents in the Lithuanian capital Vilnius were told to seek shelter after a drone strayed into Lithuanian airspace.

— Emma Burrows, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2026
During the aerial barrages, drones have repeatedly strayed into neighboring countries, unnerving leaders who are wary of Russia and fear being dragged into conflict.

— ABC News, ABC News, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of strayed

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Republicans are facing tough races, even in places like Kansas where Republicans have traditionally cruised to victory.

— Jack Harvel, Kansas City Star, 20 Oct. 2026
Maybe not the way Santa Margarita, the defending champion, is improving on a weekly basis similar to last season when the Eagles separated themselves and cruised to victory.

— Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of cruised

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