Words Like STRAY
    
   We have put together a list of words that are similar to STRAY.
    
    
    
        
            19 Alternative Words Similar to stray
   
            
               
            
            
        
       
    
    
        10 examples of stray
           
        
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        a strayhorse or sheep
    
    2
    
        don't drift from the set course
    
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        the wandering Jew
    
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        the laborers drift from one town to the next
    
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        The cattle roam across the prairie
    
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        roving vagabonds
    
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        They rolled from town to town
    
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        her mind wanders
    
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        Don't digress when you give a lecture
    
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        a few stray crumbs
    
       
    
    
        10 definitions of stray
           
        
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        To wander, as from a direct course; to deviate, or go out of the way.
    
    
    
 
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        To wander from company, or from the proper limits; to rove at large; to roam; to go astray.
    
    
    
 
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        Figuratively, to wander from the path of duty or rectitude; to err.
    
    
    
 
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        Having gone astray; strayed; wandering.
    
    
    
 
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        Any domestic animal that has an inclosure, or its proper place and company, and wanders at large, or is lost; an estray. Used also figuratively.
    
    
    
 
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        The act of wandering or going astray.
    
    
    
 
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        wander from a direct course or at random
    
    
    
 
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        move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
    
    
    
 
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        lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or speaking