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as in travellers
a person who roams about without a fixed route or destination
ever since he developed a strong case of wanderlust in college, he's been a rover
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as in pirates
someone who engages in robbery of ships at sea
a story of the days when sea rovers plied the Caribbean
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Recent Examples of rovers
Their three robotic rovers, outfitted with an array of cutting-edge imagery gear including time-of-flight cameras, helped the team generate an atlas of 3D maps of the site - from its skylight to its inner passageways.
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Kevin Holden Platt, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
View gallery - 3 images We're used to rovers exploring the Moon or Mars to have legs and wheels for moving around, but a team at Texas A&M led by Robert Ambrose wants to go more geometrical with a new mobile robot shaped like a ball for literally rolling about rough terrain.
—New Atlas, 1 Sep. 2025
Astronauts are on the cusp in the years ahead of journeying all the way to the Red Planet, where so far only rovers and orbiters have dared to venture.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 22 Aug. 2025
From the pioneering Sojourner to the tenacious Perseverance, rovers have become our eyes and ears on Mars.
—Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 19 Aug. 2025
First, two rovers scanned and mapped the terrain around the cave entrance.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 15 Aug. 2025
The rockets that send rovers to Mars were designed as agents of war.
—Big Think, 14 Aug. 2025
Kevin Holden Platt, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
View gallery - 3 images We're used to rovers exploring the Moon or Mars to have legs and wheels for moving around, but a team at Texas A&M led by Robert Ambrose wants to go more geometrical with a new mobile robot shaped like a ball for literally rolling about rough terrain.
—New Atlas, 1 Sep. 2025
Astronauts are on the cusp in the years ahead of journeying all the way to the Red Planet, where so far only rovers and orbiters have dared to venture.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 22 Aug. 2025
From the pioneering Sojourner to the tenacious Perseverance, rovers have become our eyes and ears on Mars.
—Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 19 Aug. 2025
First, two rovers scanned and mapped the terrain around the cave entrance.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 15 Aug. 2025
The rockets that send rovers to Mars were designed as agents of war.
—Big Think, 14 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rovers
Noun
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That’s when Billy, a conman serving a debt of service to the pirates, burst through the crowd, yelling at the blaster men.—
Manuel Muñoz,
Literary Hub,
11 Sep. 2025
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For decades, the characters in science-fiction movies and TV shows who traveled on spaceships tended to be scientists, explorers, diplomats, soldiers, and pirates.—
Noel Murray,
Vulture,
3 Sep. 2025
Noun
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For aspiring nomads, understand that flexibility must be earned through trust, consistency and clear communication.—
Rodolfo Delgado,
Forbes.com,
13 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Its steep, meandering streets form a patchwork quilt filled with artists, spiritual seekers, motorcyclists, weekend wanderers, and retirees, each adding their own thread to the fabric.—
Lisa Cericola,
Southern Living,
9 Sep. 2025
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The weather is almost always perfect, the mountains are endlessly inviting, and state's inland gems, like the ever-popular Palm Springs, offer plenty of magic for weekend wanderers.—
Stacey Leasca,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Sep. 2025
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Which is a problem, given how few travelers actually think about their safety at the airport.—
Christopher Elliott,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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Underneath the stark floodlights streamed a procession of weary travelers in T-shirts and jeans, reaching into the bottom of a white coach bus for their oversize duffel bags.—
ProPublica,
ProPublica,
13 Sep. 2025
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Most of them were migrant workers, young drifters, and then some co-renters.—
Jack Hargreaves,
The Dial,
9 Sep. 2025
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Entrants included everything from historic race cars to JDM drifters, time attack competition cars and off-roaders.—
Trinity Francis,
Forbes.com,
26 Aug. 2025
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“Rovers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rovers. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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