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