go astray
verb
Roget 279:
alter one's course,
deviate,
depart from,
turn,
trend;
bend,
curve
etc.
245;
swerve,
heel,
bear off;
gybe†,
wear.
intervert†;
deflect;
divert,
divert from its course;
put on a new scent,
shift,
shunt,
draw aside,
crook,
warp.
stray,
straggle;
sidle;
diverge
etc.
291;
tralineate†;
digress,
wander;
wind,
twist,
meander;
veer,
tack;
divagate;
sidetrack;
turn aside,
turn a corner,
turn away from;
wheel,
steer clear of;
ramble,
rove,
drift;
go astray,
go adrift;
yaw,
dodge;
step aside,
ease off,
make way for,
shy.
fly off at a tangent;
glance off;
wheel about,
face about;
turn to the right about,
face to the right about;
waddle
etc.
(oscillate)
314;
go out of one's way
etc.
(perform a circuit)
629;
lose one's way.
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Roget 495:
be erroneous
etc.
adj..
cause error;
mislead,
misguide;
lead astray,
lead into error;
beguile,
misinform
etc.
(misteach)
538†;
delude;
give a false impression,
give a false idea;
falsify,
misstate;
deceive
etc.
545;
lie
etc.
544.
err;
be in error
etc.
adj.,
be mistaken
etc.
v.;
be deceived
etc.
(duped)
547;
mistake,
receive a false impression,
deceive oneself;
fall into error,
lie under error,
labor under an error
etc.
n.;
be in the wrong,
blunder;
misapprehend,
misconceive,
misunderstand,
misreckon,
miscount,
miscalculate
etc.
(misjudge)
481.
play at cross purposes,
be at cross purposes
etc.
(misinterpret)
523.
trip,
stumble;
lose oneself
etc.
(uncertainty)
475;
go astray;
fail
etc.
732;
be in the wrong box;
take the wrong sow by the ear
etc.
(mismanage)
699;
put the saddle on the wrong horse;
reckon without one's host;
take the shadow for the substance
etc.
(credulity)
486;
dream
etc.
(imagine)
515.
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Roget 945:
be vicious
etc.
adj.;
sin,
commit sin,
do amiss,
err,
transgress;
misdemean oneself†,
forget oneself,
misconduct oneself;
misdo†,
misbehave;
fall,
lapse,
slip,
trip,
offend,
trespass;
deviate from the line of duty,
deviate from the path of virtue
etc.
944;
take a wrong course,
go astray;
hug a sin,
hug a fault;
sow one's wild oats.
render vicious
etc.
adj.;
demoralize,
brutalize;
corrupt
etc.
(degrade)
659.
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Moby thesaurus: abort, backslide, be in error, be mistaken, be wrong, degenerate, depart, deviate, digress, divagate, drift, err, excurse, fall, fall into error, get sidetracked, go adrift, go amiss, go awry, go wrong, lapse, maunder, meander, misbelieve, miscalculate, miscarry, misfire, miss, miss out, miss stays, miss the boat, miss the mark, pererrate, ramble, rove, serve Mammon, slip, slip up, snake, straggle, stray, stumble, trip, turn aside, twist, twist and turn, wander, wind ... show more.
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