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What is another word for maunder?
What is another word for maunder?
Maunder can mean to talk aimlessly or meaninglessly, as in I maundered for a minute until I regained my train of thought.
It can also mean to move or act aimlessly. This sense can be literal, as in Don’t maunder through the market—watch where you’re going, or figuratively, as in Don’t just maunder through life—have a plan! Either way, it suggests directionlessness.
Words that mean to talk aimlessly or meaninglessly include babble, ramble, prattle, prate, jabber, blather, and digress.
Words that mean to move aimlessly include meander, wander, and drift.
Some synonyms are appropriate for both senses of maunder, including meander and ramble.
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How do you use maunder in a sentence?
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WORDS RELATED TO MAUNDER
- amplify
- babble
- be diffuse
- beat around bush
- blather
- chatter
- depart
- descant
- digress
- divagate
- diverge
- drift
- drivel
- dwell on
- enlarge
- excurse
- expatiate
- get off the subject
- go astray
- go off on tangent
- go on and on
- gossip
- harp on
- lose the thread
- maunder
- meander
- prose
- protract
- rant and rave
- rattle on
- stray
- talk nonsense
- talk off top of head
- talk randomly
- wander
- aberrate
- amble
- circumambulate
- circumlocute
- circumnutate
- cruise
- deviate
- divagate
- diverge
- drift
- float
- follow one's nose
- gad
- gallivant
- globetrot
- 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