roam

Signification (English)

Verb

1. To wander or travel freely and with no specific destination.
2. To range or wander over.
3. To use a network or service from different locations or devices.
4. To transmit (resources) between different locations or devices, to allow comparable usage from any of them.

Noun

The act of roaming; a wander; a travel without aim or destination

Concepts

errer

vaguer

vagabonder

rôder

voyager au loin

flâner

promener

🚶

érailler

divaguer

Synonyms

wander

rove

ramble

stray

drift

travel

stroll

tramp

walk

🚶

wander about

move around

range

journey

live

swan

🦢

survive

gad

hang around

homeless

loiter

meander

nomadic

peregrinate

tour

wandering

go about

nomad

traipse

roll

move about

cast

traverse

fly

✈️

gallivant

vagabond

vagrant

voyage

digress

fare

soar

sidetrack

sightsee

squander

start off

straggle

float

roam about

shlep

be shifty

err

divagate

trek

twist

walk around

depart

wanderlust

gad about

loiter about

mill about

run about

stroll around

cruise

wander over

be busy running

jaunt

inspect

knock about

laze

hang about

leave

make a trip

lose one’s way

maunder

walk all around

migrate

mosey

move

aimless wander

dirft

proceed

go

gander

rave

run away

set out

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ɹəʊm/

Étymologie (English)

Inherited from moyen anglais: romen

Inherited from ancien anglais: rāmian

Cognate with ancien anglais: ārǣman

Cognate with ancien haut allemand: rāmēn

Cognate with allemand: rahmen

Cognate with moyen néerlandais: rammen

In summary

From Middle English romen, from Old English rāmian, from Proto-Germanic *raimōną (“to wander”), from *raim- (“to move, raise”), from *h₃reyH- (“to move, lift, flow”). Akin to Old English ārǣman (“to arise, stand up, lift up”), Old High German rāmēn (“to aim”) ( > archaic German rahmen (“to strive”)), Middle Dutch rammen (“to night-wander, to copulate”), rammelen (“to wander about, ramble”). More at ramble.