roam

Meaning

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

roam

wander

rove

ramble

stray

drift

travel

stroll

tramp

walk

wander about

range

move around

journey

swan

live

survive

gad

loiter

tour

meander

hang around

peregrinate

homeless

nomadic

traipse

traverse

voyage

gallivant

fare

go about

cast

roll

vagabond

wandering

nomad

move about

digress

fly

vagrant

soar

cruise

mosey

trek

rave

go

make a trip

leave

proceed

set out

start off

be busy running

walk all around

inspect

run away

dirft

twist

aimless wander

sightsee

be shifty

run about

move

wander over

divagate

squander

migrate

roam about

gander

jaunt

knock about

stroll around

depart

maunder

mill about

shlep

sidetrack

straggle

loiter about

lose one’s way

err

walk around

gad about

wanderlust

hang about

laze

float

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɹəʊm/

Etymology

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.