roam (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *roam*:
VERB	motion	roam, roll, wander, swan, stray, tramp, cast, ramble, rove, range, drift, vagabond	move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment

roam > pronunciation
Sounds	row'm
Rhymes	aerodrome ... tome: 31 rhymes with owm...

English > *roam*: 1 sense > verb 1, motion
Meaning	Move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment.
Pattern	Somebody ----s; Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s PP
Model	They roam the countryside; They roam in the countryside
Examples	"The gypsies roamed the woods" "The cattle roam across the prairie"
Synonyms	roll, wander, swan, stray, tramp, cast, ramble, rove, range, drift, vagabond
Narrower	gallivant, gad, jazz around	wander aimlessly in search of pleasure
Narrower	maunder	wander aimlessly
Broader	travel, go, move, locomote	change location
Similar to	stray, err, drift	wander from a direct course or at random
Similar to	wander	Go via an indirect route or at no set pace
Spanish	caminar, deambular, errar, girar, rondar, vagabundear, vagar
Catalan	caminar, deambular, girar, rondar, vagabundejar, vagarejar, vagar
Nouns	roamer	someone who leads a wandering unsettled life

HyperDic: roam