wander Definition

wander
verb wandered, wandering

1. To walk, move or travel about, with no particular destination; to ramble.

Thesaurus: stroll, ramble, roam, hike, walk, saunter.
2. To stray or deviate, eg from the right path, or from the point of an argument, etc.

Thesaurus: digress, ramble, stray, shift.
3. Said of a stream, etc: to follow a meandering course.
4. Said of people or their wits, etc: to become confused, incoherent or irrational, eg in delirium or advanced age.
5. Said of one's thoughts, etc: to flit randomly.

noun

1. A ramble or stroll.

Derivative: wanderer
noun

Someone who travels about with no particular destination
Thesaurus: drifter, nomad, vagabond, rambler, gypsy, itinerant, wayfarer, traveler.

Derivative: wandering
noun, adj

Tending to move about in an aimless or desultory way
Thesaurus: aberrant, drifting, rambling, meandering, rootless, roving, homeless, wayfaring, itinerant, nomadic, traveling.

Derivative: wanderingly
adverb

Etymology: Anglo-Saxon wandrian.