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Synonyms, Thesaurus & Antonyms of 'stray' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (adj) stray
an animal that has strayed (especially a domestic animal)
Antonyms: continual, found

2. (adj) isolated, stray
not close together in time
Synonyms: stranded, set-apart, apart(p), separated, detached, stray, marooned, quarantined, isolated, obscure, disjunct
Antonyms: found, continual

3. (verb) stray
(of an animal) having no home or having wandered away from home
Synonyms: isolated
Antonyms: found, continual

4. (verb) roll, 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
Synonyms: roam, project, hustle, wrap, verify, spue, redact, affirm, drift, draw, cast off, wave, array, assert, wander, cheat on, mold, float, cast, put, twine, slog, turn over, avow, cheat, throw away, frame, place, roll up, seethe, pasture, crop, vomit up, browse, chuck, mould, roll, throw up, contrive, retch, purge, rate, betray, tramp, disgorge, swear, plod, meander, flap, blow, lay out, pad, shed, wheel, shake off, barf, graze, weave, stray, wind, range, vagabond, swan, rank, grade, couch, thread, pluck, freewheel, rove, be adrift, ramble, regurgitate, cuckold, throw off, straddle, throw, cat, vomit, ramble on, revolve, order, hurtle, spew, honk, roll out, regorge, drop, set out, aver, run, jog, hurl, trudge, err, upchuck, footslog, be sick, undulate, digress, sick, divagate, puke
Antonyms: continual, found

5. (verb) stray, err, drift
wander from a direct course or at random
Synonyms: ramble, rove, range, stray, divagate, err, cast, roam, be adrift, swan, roll, digress, drift, wander, slip, freewheel, blow, tramp, mistake, vagabond, float
Antonyms: continual, found

6. (verb) digress, stray, divagate, wander
lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or speaking
Synonyms: sidetrack, cheat on, ramble, rove, range, stray, divagate, err, cast, betray, thread, cheat, roam, wind, roll, digress, swan, wander, cuckold, drift, depart, straggle, weave, tramp, meander, vagabond
Antonyms: continual, found


Synonyms, Thesaurus & Antonyms of 'stray' English Synonyms and Antonyms 

1. stray
To wander (AS. windan, wind) is to move in an indefinite or indeterminate way which may or may not be a departure from a prescribed way; to deviate (L. de, from, and via, a way) is to turn
Synonyms: wander, deviate, diverge, go astray, range, rove, swerve, digress, err, ramble, roam, stray, veer


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