ramble as a noun: - 1
as a verb: - 1
- 2
ramble
noun
1 ramble
An aimless amble on a winding course.
synonym: meander.
Roget 266:
travel;
traveling
etc.
v..
wayfaring,
campaigning.
journey,
excursion,
expedition,
tour,
trip,
grand tour,
circuit,
peregrination,
discursion†,
ramble,
pilgrimage,
hajj,
trek,
course,
ambulation†,
march,
walk,
promenade,
constitutional,
stroll,
saunter,
tramp,
jog trot,
turn,
stalk,
perambulation;
noctambulation†,
noctambulism;
somnambulism;
outing,
ride,
drive,
airing,
jaunt.
equitation,
horsemanship,
riding,
manege [Fr.],
ride and tie;
basophobia†.
roving,
vagrancy,
pererration†;
marching and countermarching;
nomadism;
vagabondism,
vagabondage;
hoboism [U.S.];
gadding;
flit,
flitting,
migration;
emigration,
immigration,
demigration†,
intermigration†;
wanderlust.
plan,
itinerary,
guide;
handbook,
guidebook,
road book;
Baedeker†,
Bradshaw,
Murray;
map,
road map,
transportation guide,
subway map.
procession,
cavalcade,
caravan,
file,
cortege,
column.
[Organs and instruments of locomotion]
vehicle
etc.
272;
automobile,
train,
bus,
airplane,
plane,
autobus,
omnibus,
subway,
motorbike,
dirt bike,
off-road vehicle,
van,
minivan,
motor scooter,
trolley,
locomotive;
legs,
feet,
pegs,
pins,
trotters.
traveler
etc.
268.
depot [U.S.],
railway station,
station.
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verb
1 ramble
Continue talking or writing in a desultory manner:
— This novel rambles on and jogs.
synonyms: jog, ramble on.
Roget 573:
be diffuse
etc.
adj.;
run out on,
descant,
expatiate,
enlarge,
dilate,
amplify,
expand,
inflate;
launch out,
branch out;
rant.
maunder,
prose;
harp upon
etc.
(repeat)
104;
dwell on,
insist upon.
digress,
ramble,
battre la campagne [Fr.],
beat about the bush,
perorate,
spin a long yarn,
protract;
spin out,
swell out,
draw out;
battologize†.
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Roget 499:
to be an imbecile
etc.
adj.;
have no brains,
have no sense
etc.
498.
trifle,
drivel,
radoter†,
dote;
ramble
etc.
(madness)
503;
play the fool,
play the monkey,
monkey around,
fool around;
take leave of one's senses
(insanity)
503;
not see an inch beyond one's nose;
stultify oneself
etc.
699;
talk nonsense
etc.
497.
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2 ramble
Move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment.
synonyms: cast, drift, range, roam, roll, rove, stray, swan, tramp, vagabond, wander ... show more.
Roget 266:
travel,
journey,
course;
take a journey,
go a journey;
take a walk,
go out for walk
etc.
n.;
have a run;
take the air.
flit,
take wing;
migrate,
emigrate;
trek;
rove,
prowl,
roam,
range,
patrol,
pace up and down,
traverse;
scour the country,
traverse the country;
peragrate†;
circumambulate,
perambulate;
nomadize†,
wander,
ramble,
stroll,
saunter,
hover,
go one's rounds,
straggle;
gad,
gad about;
expatiate.
walk,
march,
step,
tread,
pace,
plod,
wend,
go by shank's mare;
promenade;
trudge,
tramp;
stalk,
stride,
straddle,
strut,
foot it,
hoof it,
stump,
bundle,
bowl along,
toddle;
paddle;
tread a path.
take horse,
ride,
drive,
trot,
amble,
canter,
prance,
fisk†,
frisk,
caracoler†,
caracole;
gallop
etc.
(move quickly)
274.
[start riding]
embark,
board,
set out,
hit the road,
get going,
get underway.
peg on,
jog on,
wag on,
shuffle on;
stir one's stumps;
bend one's steps,
bend one's course;
make one's way,
find one's way,
wend one's way,
pick one's way,
pick one's way,
thread one's way,
plow one's way;
slide,
glide,
coast,
skim,
skate;
march in procession,
file on,
defile.
go to,
repair to,
resort to,
hie to,
betake oneself to.
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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 503:
be insane
etc.
adj..
become insane
etc.
adj.;
lose one's senses,
lose one's reason,
lose one's faculties,
lose one's wits;
go mad,
run mad,
lose one's marbles [Coll.],
go crazy,
go bonkers [Coll.],
flip one's wig [Coll.],
flip one's lid [Coll.],
flip out [Coll.],
flip one's bush [Coll.].
rave,
dote,
ramble,
wander;
drivel
etc.
(be imbecile)
499;
have a screw loose
etc.
n.,
have a devil;
avoir le diable au corps [Fr.];
lose one's head
etc.
(be uncertain)
475.
render mad,
drive mad
etc.
adj.;
madden,
dementate†,
addle the wits,
addle the brain,
derange the head,
infatuate,
befool†;
turn the brain,
turn one's head;
drive one nuts [Coll.].
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Dutch: rondlopen, vreemdgaan, dolen, wandelen, rondwandelen, dwalen, ronddolen, zwerven
Moby thesaurus: Wanderjahr, afoot and lighthearted, airing, amble, babble, bat around, be insane, blab, blabber, blather, blether, bum, bumming, chat, chatter, clack, clatter, constitutional, count ties, depart, deviate, digress, discursion, dither, divagate, divagation, diverge, dote, drift, drifting, drivel, drool, err, errantry, excurse, flit, flitting, forced march, gab, gabble, gad, gad about, gadding, gallivant, gas, get sidetracked, gibber, gibble-gabble, go about, go adrift, go astray, go away, go off, go on, go the rounds, gossip, gush, have a demon, haver, hike, hit the road, hit the trail, hobo, hoboism, itineracy, itinerancy, jabber, jaunt, jaw, knock about, knock around, march, maunder, meander, mooch, mosey, mush, natter, nomadism, nomadize, palaver, parade, patter, perambulate, peregrinate, peregrination, pererrate, pererration, peripatetic journey, peripateticism, pour forth, prate, prattle, promenade, prowl, rage, ramble on, rambling, range, rant, rattle, rattle on, rave, reel off, roam, roaming, rove, roving, run about, run amok, run mad, run on, saunter, schlep, scramble, slaver, slobber, snake, spout, spout off, sprangle, spread-eagle, straddle, straggle, stray, straying, stretch, stroll, talk away, talk nonsense, talk on, tittle-tattle, tour, traipse, traipsing, tramp, travel, trek, trudge, turn, turn aside, twaddle, twattle, twist, twist and turn, vagabond, vagabondage, vagabondia, vagabondism, vagabondize, vagrancy, waffle, walk, walk the tracks, walkabout, walking tour, wander, wandering, wanderlust, wayfare, wayfaring, wind, yak, yakkety-yak ... show more.
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