🚶 To wander aimlessly 🗣️ To ramble on

to maunder

9.9

To walk slowly without a clear purpose

verb
/ˈmɔːndər/

: vagar

You'll find him somewhere, maundering about, aching for an opportunity to slander his employer.

Examples

The dog was maundering in the yard, sniffing at everything without a care in the world.
On lazy afternoons, he enjoys maundering through the park, lost in his thoughts.
While waiting for the bus, she found herself maundering aimlessly around the station.

Synonyms

to wander

vsto maunder

379 1.3

Move around without a fixed direction, often slowly and in curves

is aimless movement without the relaxed winding quality

to roam

vsto maunder

189 2.5

Move around without a fixed place, often while looking for something

is aimless movement without the implied searching purpose

to rove

vsto maunder

22 6.4

To travel around without a fixed plan, often looking for something

is aimless movement lacking the searching or goal-directed nuance

to mill about

vsto maunder

7 5.3

To move around a place without a clear reason, often in a group

is aimless movement but does not imply group behaviour

to footle

vsto maunder

1 9.9

Move around without a clear plan or purpose

is the same meaning with no difference in sense

to mouch

vsto maunder

9.9

To move slowly around a place without any clear purpose

is aimless movement without the slow lazy quality

Antonyms

to stay put

Informal

133 2.0

Remain in the same place without moving

How Aimless

to roam

189 2.5

to maunder

9.9

to amble

15 4.8

walk

758 1.0

Surface Forms

maunder infinitive

maundered past

maundered past participle

maundering present participle

maunders third person singular

Etymology

Maunder is easy to remember: it sounds like meander, which means 'to wander' slowly and without a plan. So to maunder around is to walk or move with no clear purpose.