Roll and Wander

Roll

Roll verb - Move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment.
Usage example: They rolled from town to town

Wander is a synonym for roll. In some cases you can use "Wander" instead a verb "Roll".

Nearby Words: rolled, rolling, roller, rollback, rollover

Wander

Wander verb - Go via an indirect route or at no set pace.
Usage example: After dinner, we wandered into town

Roll is a synonym for wander in move about aimlessly topic. Sometimes you can use "Roll" instead a verb "Wander".

Nearby Words: wandering, wandered, wanderer

How words are described

original original roll original wander
poor poor roll poor wander
real real roll real wander
giant giant roll giant wander

Common collocations

people roll people wander people
way roll way wander way
bit roll bit wander bit
ship roll ship wander ship
Other words: city, points.

Both words in one sentence

  • Western Animation / Wander over Yonder Played With in the Musical Episode, wherein the characters (save, of course, Wander) seem to be pretty confused by the whole setup, although they eventually just roll with it.
  • Eyes Always Shut It's also often done for the comfort of others as some blind people have eyes that wander, cross, uncross, roll up, etc.
  • Freaky Electronic Music He also acts as a foil for Lord Hater and his Rotten Rock & Roll theme, and both of them also act as foils for the titular Wander and his acoustic banjo.
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