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Stray

/stɹeɪ/

Any domestic animal that has no enclosure, or its proper place and company, and wanders at large, or is lost; an estray.

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📖 Definitions of "Stray"

noun

1
Any domestic animal that has no enclosure, or its proper place and company, and wanders at large, or is lost; an estray.
2
One who is lost, either literally or metaphorically.
3
The act of wandering or going astray.
4
An area of common land or place administered for the use of general domestic animals, i.e. "the stray"

🔄 Synonyms of "Stray"

19 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
sporadic	Rare and scattered in occurrence.
castverb	(physical) To move, or be moved, away.
driftnoun	(physical) Movement; that which moves or is moved.
ramblenoun	A rambling; an instance of someone talking at length without direction.
vagabondnoun	One who usually wanders from place to place, having no fixed dwelling, or not abiding in it, and usually without the means of honest livelihood.
rangenoun	A line or series of mountains, buildings, etc.
roveverb	(intransitive) To roam, or wander about at random, especially over a wide area.
isolated	Placed or standing apart or alone; in isolation.
roamverb	(intransitive) To wander or travel freely and with no specific destination.
departverb	(intransitive) To leave.
digressverb	(intransitive) To step or turn aside; to deviate; to swerve; especially, to turn aside from the main subject of attention, or course of argument, in writing or speaking.
errverb	(intransitive, formal) To make a mistake.
scattered	Dispersed, spread apart into disunited units.
stragglenoun	To move along slowly so as to remain some distance behind the person or people in front.
divagateverb	(intransitive) To stray from a subject or theme.
alley catnoun	An urban feral cat.
sidetrackverb	An alternate train of thought, issue, topic, or activity, that is a deviation or distraction from the topic at hand or central activity, and secondary or subordinate in importance or effectiveness.
swannoun	Any of various species of large, long-necked waterfowl, of genus Cygnus (bird family: Anatidae), most of which have white plumage.
wanderverb	(intransitive) To move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Stray"

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Word	Definition
stragglenoun	To move along slowly so as to remain some distance behind the person or people in front.
vagabondnoun	One who usually wanders from place to place, having no fixed dwelling, or not abiding in it, and usually without the means of honest livelihood.
wanderverb	(intransitive) To move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood.
roamverb	(intransitive) To wander or travel freely and with no specific destination.
divagateverb	(intransitive) To stray from a subject or theme.
ramblenoun	A rambling; an instance of someone talking at length without direction.
castverb	(physical) To move, or be moved, away.
scattered	Dispersed, spread apart into disunited units.
departverb	(intransitive) To leave.
digressverb	(intransitive) To step or turn aside; to deviate; to swerve; especially, to turn aside from the main subject of attention, or course of argument, in writing or speaking.
errverb	(intransitive, formal) To make a mistake.
isolated	Placed or standing apart or alone; in isolation.
sporadic	Rare and scattered in occurrence.
driftnoun	(physical) Movement; that which moves or is moved.
roveverb	(intransitive) To roam, or wander about at random, especially over a wide area.
rangenoun	A line or series of mountains, buildings, etc.
sidetrackverb	An alternate train of thought, issue, topic, or activity, that is a deviation or distraction from the topic at hand or central activity, and secondary or subordinate in importance or effectiveness.
alley catnoun	An urban feral cat.
swannoun	Any of various species of large, long-necked waterfowl, of genus Cygnus (bird family: Anatidae), most of which have white plumage.
vagrantnoun	(specifically) A person without settled employment or habitation who usually supports himself or herself by begging or some dishonest means; a tramp, a vagabond.