WANDERED Synonyms: 49 Similar and Opposite Words

wandered

verb

Definition of wandered next

past tense of wander

as in roamed

to move about from place to place aimlessly we just went outside and wandered around until it was time to go

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as in fell

to commit an offense we have all wandered from the path of righteousness at least once in our lives

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Recent Examples of wandered At the Dallas Zoo’s first Dog Days event, hundreds of pups wandered the grounds with their owners. —

Julia James, Dallas Morning News, 2 Mar. 2026 Shah Alam had been out for a walk and was using a curtain rod as a walking stick when he got lost and wandered onto private property, his son Mohamad Faisal said. —

Hanna Park, CNN Money, 26 Feb. 2026 The wolves wandered farther southeast than tracking previously had recorded, but no wolves have spent time near urban centers or crossed Interstate 25, CPW said in a news release. —

Elise Schmelzer, Denver Post, 25 Feb. 2026 Shopping carts had wandered away from their stores. —

N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 22 Feb. 2026 As elite cross-country skiers pushed to the finish in the women’s team sprint heats, a dog wandered onto the course and ran with athletes down the straightaway. —

ABC News, 18 Feb. 2026 As the last few athletes wrapped up their race, a dog wandered onto the course and sprinted across the finish line with them, much to the delight of the crowd. —

Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 18 Feb. 2026 Afterward, as the home stood unguarded, reporters, photographers and others wandered the property, walking to the front door and capturing video of blood drops along the porch. —

Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2026 The preschooler wandered the room, swinging a thin plastic rod from a set of window blinds like a toy sword. —

Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC news, 13 Feb. 2026

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This bit of mammoth tusk is about 2 feet long and looks more like a log than part of a big curved tooth from a hairy beast that roamed the tundra before going extinct thousands of years ago.

— Rob Stein, NPR, 4 Mar. 2026
The genus Acanthochitona — the specific group to which feroxa belongs — developed about 92 million years ago during the Late Cretaceous, when dinosaurs still roamed the Earth.

— Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 3 Mar. 2026