Synonyms of wend

wend

verb

as in to proceed

literary to move from one place to another

We wended through the narrow streets.

Related Words

• proceed
• march
• travel
• go
• pass
• speed
• come
• run
• drive
• journey
• forge
• progress
• come along
• get along
• go along
• repair
• accelerate
• advance
• get on
• do
• pace
• fare
• go off
• push
• approach
• near
• impel
• propel
• fast-forward
• actuate
• take out

Dissimilar Words

• check
• impede
• hinder
• halt
• obstruct
• stem
• detain
• block
• slow (down or up)
• hold back
• delay
• arrest
• interrupt
• retard
• suppress
• cease
• repress
• balk
• stall
• wait
• inhibit
• hamper
• pause
• nip
• stop
• remain
• stay
• stand
• stunt
• cramp
• regress
• let up

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of wend

Then there’s Laak Boorndap, a 200,000-square-foot raised urban garden that will wend through the precinct. — Chris Dong, Travel + Leisure, 17 May 2026

Scattered through the book is a catalog of trinkets collected by Helm, wending through eight storylines exploring the effect of matter around us, and our effect on matter. — The Know, Denver Post, 29 Mar. 2026

Meanwhile, a lonely hulk of a man—Christian Bale with some staples stuck through his forehead—wends his way through the Chicago streets, in search of the one scientist who may be able to help him. — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 4 Mar. 2026

Late Thursday night the Taliban’s military launched attacks on Pakistani positions along some sections of their porous and disputed border that wends 1,600 miles through rugged mountains and desert. — Sophia Saifi, CNN Money, 27 Feb. 2026

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