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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | deviate, err |
| Synonyms: | circumlocute, depart, digress, divagate, diverge, do wrong, excurse, get off the subject, get off the track, get sidetracked, go off on a tangent, ramble, sin, wander |
| Antonyms: | remain, stay |
| Main Entry: | turn |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | reverse; change course |
| Synonyms: | about-face, aim, alter, alternate, backslide, call off, capsize, change, change position, convert, curve, depart, detour, detract, deviate, digress, direct, diverge, double back, face about, go back, incline, inverse, invert, loop, move, pivot, rechannel, recoil, redirect, regress, relapse, retrace, return, revert, sheer, shift, shunt, shy away, sidetrack, subvert, sway, swerve, swing, swirl, switch, tack, transform, twist, upset, vary, veer, volte-face, wheel, whip, whirl, zigzag |
| Main Entry: | vary |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | change |
| Synonyms: | alter, alternate, assort, be unlike, blow hot and cold, convert, depart, deviate, differ, digress, disagree, displace, dissent, divaricate, diverge, diversify, divide, fluctuate, hem and haw, inflect, interchange, modify, mutate, part, permutate, range, separate, shilly-shally, swerve, take turns, transform, turn, variegate, yo-yo |
| Antonyms: | remain, stay |
| Main Entry: | veer |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | change direction |
| Synonyms: | angle off, avert, be deflected, bear, bend, change, change course, curve, cut, deflect, depart, deviate, digress, dip, divagate, diverge, divert, drift, get around, make a left, make a right, pivot, sheer, shift, skew, skid, swerve, swing, swivel, tack, train off, turn, twist, volte-face, wheel, whip, whirl |
| Antonyms: | go direct, stay |
| Main Entry: | wander |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | move about aimlessly |
| Synonyms: | aberrate, amble, circumambulate, circumlocute, circumnutate, cruise, deviate, divagate, diverge, drift, float, follow one's nose, gad, gallivant*, globe-trot, hike, hopscotch, jaunt, maunder, meander, peregrinate, ramble, range, roam, roll, rove, saunter, straggle, stray, stroll, take to the road, trail, traipse, tramp, trek, vagabond, walk the tracks |
| Antonyms: | stay |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | wander |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | digress; get lost |
| Synonyms: | babble, depart, deviate, divagate, diverge, err, get off the track, get sidetracked, go astray, go off on a tangent, lose one's way, lose train of thought, ramble, rave, shift, stray, swerve, talk nonsense, veer |
| Antonyms: | go direct, stay |
| Main Entry: | branch off |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | extend |
| Synonyms: | add to, branch out, develop, diverge, diversify, divide, enlarge, expand, extend, fork, grow, increase, multiply, part, proliferate, ramify, separate, spread |
| Antonyms: | condense, contract, cut, decrease, lessen, shorten |
| Main Entry: | bifurcate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | divide into two branches |
| Synonyms: | bisect, branch, diverge, divide, fork, furcate, ramify, separate, split |
| Main Entry: | outstretch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | spread |
| Synonyms: | arrange, array, be displayed, be distributed, bloat, branch off, broaden, cast, circulate, coat, cover, daub, develop, diffuse, dilate, disperse, diverge, enlarge, escalate, even out, expand, extend, fan, flatten, flow, gloss, increase, lay, lengthen, level, lie, multiply, mushroom, open, overlay, paint, pervade, prepare, proliferate, radiate, reach, roll out, set, settle, smear, sprawl, spray, stretch, strew, suffuse, swell*, uncoil, unfold, unfurl, unroll, untwist, unwind, widen |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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