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Adjective rambling has 2 senses
- digressive, discursive, excursive, rambling - (of e.g. speech and writing) tending to depart from the main point or cover a wide range of subjects; "amusingly digressive with satirical thrusts at women's fashions among other things"; "a rambling discursive book"; "his excursive remarks"; "a rambling speech about this and that"
Antonym: direct (indirect, via indirect)
- meandering, rambling, wandering, winding - of a path e.g.; "meandering streams"; "rambling forest paths"; "the river followed its wandering course"; "a winding country road"
Antonym: direct (indirect, via indirect)
Verb ramble has 2 senses
- ramble on, ramble, jog - continue talking or writing in a desultory manner; "This novel rambles on and jogs"
--1 is one way to continue, go on, carry on, proceed
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
- roll, wander, swan, stray, tramp, roam, cast, ramble, rove, range, drift, vagabond - move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment; "The gypsies roamed the woods"; "roving vagabonds"; "the wandering Jew"; "The cattle roam across the prairie"; "the laborers drift from one town to the next"; "They rolled from town to town"
--2 is one way to travel, go, move, locomote
Sample sentences:
They ramble the countryside
They ramble in the countryside
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