Synonyms for ramble
- verb
- noun
Synonyms by meaning
Verb
1. Wander
wander, stroll, roam, saunter, digress, stray, err, jaunt, rove, tramp, drift, range, travel, excursion, tour, roll, vagabond, swan, cast, straggle, pootle informal UK
2. Blather — to talk or write incessantly, unclearly, or incoherently, with many digressions
blather, prattle, drivel, palaver, waffle, rattle, prate, babble, blabber, blab, natter, chatter, twaddle, jabber, gossip, clack, clatter, gibber, gabble, sperg vulgar slang
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Noun
Definitions
- v. 1
To talk or write incessantly, unclearly, or incoherently, with many digressions.
Francine has a tendency to ramble when it gets to be late in the evening.
- v. 2
To move about aimlessly, or on a winding course.
- n. 1
A leisurely stroll; a recreational walk in the countryside.
Related words
- Word family
- rambler
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Ramble, in its literal use, is always a word of pleasant suggestion, but in its figurative use always somewhat contemptuous; as, rambling talk.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- wander You had better not wander around here by yourself.
- stroll Friend, how about we stroll through the Chinatown?
- roam Those rogue rebels do not deserve to roam the Earth.
- drivel Such drivel. And to top it off, you believe her?
- blather I hope they're not going to blather on for too long.
By length
- 3 letters
- err1, jog1
- 4 letters
- tour1, roll1, cast1, swan1, roam1, rove1, blab1
- 5 letters
- range1, drift1, stray1, tramp1, jaunt1, clack1, prate, sperg
- 6 letters
- travel2, gossip2, wander2, stroll1, rattle2, waffle2, roving2, babble2, mutter2, drivel2, jabber, mander2, natter2, gibber
- 7 letters
- chatter2, digress2, meander3, clatter2, saunter2, blather2, prattle2, palaver, twaddle2, blabber2
- 8 letters
- vagabond3, straggle2
- 9 letters
- wandering3, excursion3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (travel2 = 2 syllables).