saunter

• POS: Noun, Verb (intransitive)
• HYPHEN: saun=ter

CIDE DICTIONARY

saunter, v. i. [Written also santer.] [Probably fr. F. s'aventurer to adventure (one's self), through a shortened form s'auntrer. See Adventure, n. & v.].

 To wander or walk about idly and in a leisurely or lazy manner; to lounge; to stroll; to loiter.  [1913 Webster]
"One could lie under elm trees in a lawn, or saunter in meadows by the side of a stream."  [1913 Webster]

Syn. -- To loiter; linger; stroll; wander.

saunter, n. 

 A sauntering, or a sauntering place.  [1913 Webster]
"That wheel of fops, that saunter of the town."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

saunter, v. & n.
--v.intr.
1 walk slowly; amble, stroll.
2 proceed without hurry or effort.
--n.
1 a leisurely ramble.
2 a slow gait.

Derivative

saunterer n.

Etymology

ME, = muse: orig. unkn.

THESAURUS

saunter

airing, amble, andante, barge, bat around, bowl along, bum, bundle, claudicate, claudication, clump, constitutional, count ties, crawl, creep, dead march, divagate, dogtrot, drag, drag along, drag out, drift, droop, flit, flounce, foot, footpace, footslog, forced march, funeral march, gad, gad about, gait, gallivant, gallop, go about, go dead slow, go slow, go the rounds, halt, hike, hippety-hop, hit the road, hit the trail, hitch, hobble, hobo, hop, idle, inch, inch along, jaunt, jog, jog trot, jog-trot, jolt, jump, knock about, knock around, laze, leisurely gait, limp, linger, lock step, loiter, lumber, lumbering pace, lunge, lurch, march, meander, mince, mincing steps, mooch, mope, mosey, muck, mush, nomadize, pace, paddle, parade, peg, peregrinate, pererrate, peripatetic journey, peripateticism, piaffe, piaffer, plod, poke, poke along, prance, promenade, prowl, rack, ramble, range, roam, roll, rove, run about, sashay, schlep, scuff, scuffle, scuttle, shamble, shuffle, shuffle along, sidle, single-foot, skip, slink, slither, slog, slouch, slow march, slow motion, slowness, stagger, stagger along, stalk, stamp, step, stomp, straddle, straggle, stray, stretch, stride, stroll, strolling gait, strut, stump, swagger, swing, tarry, tittup, toddle, toddle along, totter, totter along, traipse, tramp, tread, trip, trot, trudge, turn, vagabond, vagabondize, velocity, waddle, walk, walk the tracks, walking tour, wamble, wander, wayfare, wiggle, wobble, worm, worm along

ROGET THESAURUS

saunter

Journey

N journey, travel, traveling, wayfaring, campaigning, journey, excursion, expedition, tour, trip, grand tour, circuit, peregrination, discursion, ramble, pilgrimage, hajj, trek, course, ambulation, march, walk, promenade, constitutional, stroll, saunter, tramp, jog trot, turn, stalk, perambulation, noctambulation, noctambulism, somnambulism, outing, ride, drive, airing, jaunt, equitation, horsemanship, riding, manege, ride and tie, basophobia, roving, vagrancy, pererration, marching and countermarching, nomadism, vagabondism, vagabondage, hoboism, gadding, flit, flitting, migration, emigration, immigration, demigration, intermigration, wanderlust, plan, itinerary, guide, handbook, guidebook, road book, Baedeker, Bradshaw, Murray, map, road map, transportation guide, subway map, procession, cavalcade, caravan, file, cortege, column, vehicle, automobile, train, bus, airplane, plane, autobus, omnibus, subway, motorbike, dirt bike, off-road vehicle, van, minivan, motor scooter, trolley, locomotive, legs, feet, pegs, pins, trotters, traveler, depot, railway station, station, traveling, ambulatory, itinerant, peripatetic, roving, rambling, gadding, discursive, vagrant, migratory, monadic, circumforanean, circumforaneous, noctivagrant, mundivagrant, locomotive, wayfaring, wayworn, travel-stained, on foot, on horseback, on Shanks's mare, by the Marrowbone stage: in transitu, en route, Int, come along!.

VB travel, journey, course, take a journey, go a journey, take a walk, go out for walk, have a run, take the air, flit, take wing, migrate, emigrate, trek, rove, prowl, roam, range, patrol, pace up and down, traverse, scour the country, traverse the country, peragrate, circumambulate, perambulate, nomadize, wander, ramble, stroll, saunter, hover, go one's rounds, straggle, gad, gad about, expatiate, walk, march, step, tread, pace, plod, wend, go by shank's mare, promenade, trudge, tramp, stalk, stride, straddle, strut, foot it, hoof it, stump, bundle, bowl along, toddle, paddle, tread a path, take horse, ride, drive, trot, amble, canter, prance, fisk, frisk, caracoler, caracole, gallop, embark, board, set out, hit the road, get going, get underway, peg on, jog on, wag on, shuffle on, stir one's stumps, bend one's steps, bend one's course, make one's way, find one's way, wend one's way, pick one's way, pick one's way, thread one's way, plow one's way, slide, glide, coast, skim, skate, march in procession, file on, defile, go to, repair to, resort to, hie to, betake oneself to.

Slowness

VB move slowly, creep, crawl, lag, slug, drawl, linger, loiter, saunter, plod, trudge, stump along, lumber, trail, drag, dawdle, grovel, worm one's way, steal along, job on, rub on, bundle on, toddle, waddle, wabble, slug, traipse, slouch, shuffle, halt, hobble, limp, caludicate, shamble, flag, falter, trotter, stagger, mince, step short, march in slow time, march in funeral procession, take one's time, hang fire, retard, relax, slacken, check, moderate, rein in, curb, reef, strike sail, shorten sail, take in sail, put on the drag, apply the brake, clip the wings, reduce the speed, slacken speed, slacken one's pace, lose ground.