Synonyms of roamed

roamed

verb

past tense of roam

as in wandered

to move about from place to place aimlessly

he took a year off and roamed over Europe before going on to college

Synonyms & Similar Words

• wandered
• strolled
• drifted
• cruised
• floated
• roved
• meandered
• ranged
• traipsed
• knocked (about)
• rambled
• sauntered
• batted
• gallivanted
• ambled
• mooched
• gadded (about)
• kicked around
• maundered
• dawdled
• tramped
• strayed
• straggled
• moped
• hoboed
• vagabonded
• milled (about or around)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of roamed

At safety, Kevin Byard roamed all over the secondary, gave up one reception and tallied a would-be sack on a blitz. — Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 11 Aug. 2026

Between canapés and conversations, the Directory members roamed the gallery’s furniture, textiles, and lighting, many conceived as an homage to South Asian craftsmanship reimagined through a Western lens. — Ad Pro, Architectural Digest, 11 Aug. 2026

A little odd, perhaps, but the Taper remains until now the most intriguing venue of the peripatetic ensemble that has roamed through the years from Santa Monica to Pasadena, and that helped give the ensemble a distinctive image. — Classical Music Critic, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2026

In the same decade, Friedlander roamed the country’s various landscapes as a visual flâneur, led by a simple philosophy to capture anything and everything. — Air Mail, 8 Aug. 2026

The animals roamed near the Amboseli National Park, which borders a farming and livestock area around 140 miles south of the capital Nairobi, according to the Associated Press. — Gina Kalsi, PEOPLE, 30 July 2026

This was a funhouse reality, in which children were lost and predators roamed, but through which white harts leapt through shafts of sunlight, songbirds trilled, and where honey and berries and acorns might be foraged for free. — Literary Hub, 30 July 2026

In the Dominican Republic, officials continue to try to save species that once roamed free. — ABC News, 29 July 2026

The swarms of flies that roamed the planet like a devouring fog enclosed the top of the tower, building new, shivering walls, buzzing in a frenzy of life and hunger. — Brian Truitt, USA Today, 27 July 2026