roam

Meaning

Verb

1. (intransitive) To wander or travel freely and with no specific destination.
2. (transitive) To range or wander over.
3. (intransitive) To use a network or service from different locations or devices.
4. (transitive) 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

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

Translations

errer

vagar

vaguer

vagar

dwalen

vagabundear

rondtrekken

zwerven

vagabondare

dolen

vagabundear

ronddolen

vagar

⌚

ronddwalen

wandern

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɹəʊm/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: romen

Inherited from Old English: rāmian

Cognate with Old English: ārǣman

Cognate with Old High German: rāmēn

Cognate with German: rahmen

Cognate with Middle Dutch: 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.