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Synonyms for straggle

18 synonyms
1 meaning

verb
noun

Most common

stray depart wander stroll sprawl

All synonyms

Verb

1. Stray — to stray, rove, or wander from a normal course and others of its kind

stray, depart, wander, stroll, roam, go astray, rove, ramble, digress, saunter, drift, err, tramp, deviate, vagabond

Other

Noun

range, side track

Definitions

v. 1
To stray, rove, or wander from a normal course and others of its kind.
He straggled away from the crowd and went off on his own.
n. 1
An irregular, spread-out group.

Related words

Word family: straggler stragglingly straggly

Forms

Plural: straggles → ranges…
Past participle: straggled
e.g. straggled → strayed, departed, wandered, strolled…

Example sentences

stray I found a stray dog on my way home. Can I keep it?
depart At what time does the taxi to the airport depart?
wander You had better not wander around here by yourself.
stroll Friend, how about we stroll through the Chinatown?
sprawl Urban sprawl and chaos create many planning problems.

Popularity over time

Word	1850 → 2019	Trend
straggle		steady
stray		rising
depart		steady
wander		rising
stroll		rising
sprawl		rising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters: err¹
4 letters: roam¹, rove¹
5 letters: range¹, drift¹, stray¹, tramp¹
6 letters: depart², wander², stroll¹, sprawl¹, ramble²
7 letters: deviate³, digress², saunter²
8 letters: vagabond³

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (depart² = 2 syllables).