roamed

verbwander about

Synonyms for roamed

verb wander about

Antonyms for roamed

go direct
run
stay

Word Origin & History

c.1300, romen, possibly from Old English *ramian "act of wandering about," which is probably related to aræman "arise, lift up." There are no certain cognate forms in other Germanic languages, but Barnhart points to Old Norse reimuðr "act of wandering about," reimast "to haunt." "Except in late puns, there is no evidence of connexion with the Romance words denoting pilgrims or pilgrimages to Rome ...." [OED], such as Spanish romero "a pilot-fish; a pilgrim;" Old French romier "travelling as a pilgrim; a pilgrim," from Medieval Latin romerius "a pilgrim" (originally to Rome). Related: Roamed; roamer; roaming.

Example Sentences for roamed

She was a stanch five-year-old, and she had roamed the mountains about Pop's place at will.

It was Jim Edwards whose feet I had heard as he roamed about.

He roamed about the house, and the women ran for it when they heard him coming.

Let me be a bird or an insect and live in the fields where we first roamed together.

They roamed the forest through and through, but the stolen child could not be found.

"I didn't know moose ever roamed as far north as this," remarked Ned.

He roamed about the tree for days, seeking one that would suit his purpose.

I rested neither day nor night, but roamed about the house like one distracted.

She seemed to tread upon air as they roamed about the lovely walks.

In his young days he roamed the country as a hunter and trapper.