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roam

  • verb
  • rōm

To wander or travel freely and with no specific destination.

Other meanings

  1. To range or wander over.

    “Gangs of thugs roamed the streets.”

  2. To use a network or service from different locations or devices.

Synonyms

  • roll
  • wander
  • cast
  • range
  • drift

Related words

  • roamable
  • nonroaming
  • roamingly
  • unroaming
  • free roam
  • freedom to roam
  • right to roam
  • free-roaming
  • roamer
  • roaming eye
  • roaming master

Word history

From Old English "rāmian".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “roam” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.