Synonyms of rambles

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noun

plural of ramble

1

as in excursions

a short trip for pleasure

the couple's weekend rambles up and down the valley in search of interesting antiques

Synonyms & Similar Words

• excursions
• travels
• tours
• jaunts
• outings
• walks
• sallies
• expeditions
• spins
• sorties
• junkets
• journeys
• sashays
• detours
• voyages
• hikes
• treks
• peregrinations
• odysseys
• pilgrimages
• safaris
• circuits

2

as in strolls

a relaxed journey on foot for exercise or pleasure

our usual practice is to take a ramble around the neighborhood after dinner

Synonyms & Similar Words

• strolls
• walks
• wanders
• trips
• perambulations
• ambles
• saunters
• tours
• turns
• constitutionals
• travels
• parades
• marches
• ranges
• treks
• hikes
• promenades
• peregrinations
• excursions
• expeditions
• jaunts
• traverses
• tramps
• outings
• traipses
• sallies
• traversals
• walkabouts
• spins
• pilgrimages
• progresses
• junkets
• paseos
• sashays
• safaris

rambles

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verb

present tense third-person singular of ramble

1

as in rattles

to talk at length without sticking to a topic or getting to a point

the teenagers sat around the pizza parlor, rambling on about dating, homework, movies, and the local football team

Synonyms & Similar Words

• rattles
• wanders
• goes on
• digresses
• blathers (on)
• runs on
• chats
• strays
• deviates
• maunders
• runs one's mouth
• sidetracks
• blabbers
• prattles
• gibbers
• burbles
• chatters
• jabbers
• prates
• blabs
• gabs
• drools
• drivels
• waffles
• bumbles
• gabbles
• patters
• blithers

2

as in wanders

to move about from place to place aimlessly

by tirelessly rambling around San Francisco for a week we probably saw more of it than many residents ever have

Synonyms & Similar Words

• wanders
• roams
• strolls
• drifts
• meanders
• cruises
• roves
• floats
• ranges
• traipses
• knocks (about)
• gallivants
• ambles
• saunters
• mooches
• bats
• gads (about)
• maunders
• dawdles
• mopes
• straggles
• mills (about or around)
• strays
• kicks around
• vagabonds
• tramps
• hobos

3

as in walks

to travel by foot for exercise or pleasure

we're planning to ramble all over the highland moors when we're in Dartmoor

Synonyms & Similar Words

• strolls
• wanders
• walks
• saunters
• hikes
• ambles
• roams
• tramps
• roves
• traverses
• marches
• treks
• perambulates
• traipses
• tromps
• promenades
• peregrinates
• power walks

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of rambles

Noun

Wake to morning rambles through the Cotswolds, soak up the thermal waters of Bath, try your hand at punting on Cambridge’s River Cam, or wander the eclectic streets and shops of Brighton. — Katie Silcox, Vogue, 6 Aug. 2026

Hollander’s Collins does everything just a tad wrong — arrives at the Bennets with an overlarge hat, rambles at the dinner table, struggles through a country dance. — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 26 Feb. 2026

The resulting rambles through town, aboard motorcycle taxis on which all three pile up along with the drivers, become, for Folarin, trips through his own memories. — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 6 Feb. 2026

At the White House, the unwell billionaire rambles, spews insults at those who refuse to kowtow and dozes off in meetings. — Chicago Tribune, 16 Jan. 2026

Add a clever exterior bottle holster and this Goldilocks sling turns city rambles or museum days into hands-free missions, replacing a larger, bulkier daypack. — Joe Jackson, Outside, 21 Nov. 2025

From the Mescal Trailhead, the trail rambles through brushy high-desert scrub. — Roger Naylor, AZCentral.com, 8 Nov. 2025

My morning rambles cross mossy forest floors strewn with spring ephemerals. — Rowan Jacobsen, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025

Images of your work setup without an inspiring message, generic rambles that don't connect, and anything that doesn't portray you in the best light wastes everyone's time. — Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025

Verb

Look for wildflowers and endemic fauna on the Tomales Point Trail, which rambles for nearly 10 miles on this special, skinny peninsula, delivering gorgeous, foggy views of the Pacific Ocean. — Chelsee Lowe, Travel + Leisure, 18 June 2026

Kachina rambles for 5 miles but the most vibrant color is found on the first half of the hike. — Roger Naylor, AZCentral.com, 10 Oct. 2025

The residence rambles over more than 14,500 square feet with 13 bedrooms and nine and a half baths. — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 16 Sep. 2025

Don’t be the person who rambles and runs over the slot. — Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025