To roam or wander about in a leisurely manner; go from point to point carelessly or irregularly; rove: as, to ramble about the eity or over the country.To take a wavering or wandering course; proceed with irregular turns, windings, or transitions; show a lack of definite direction or arrangement: as, a rambling path or house; a rambling discourse; the vine rambles every way; he rambled on in his incoherent speech.To reel; stagger.Synonyms Ramble, Stroll, Saunter, Rove, Roam, Wander, Range., Stray. Ramble, by derivation, also stroll and saunter, and stray when used in this sense, express a less extended course than the others. To ramble or stroll is to go about, as fancy leads, for the pleasure of being abroad. To saunter is to go along idly, and therefore slowly. One may saunter or stroll, stray or wander, along one street as far as it goes. To ramble, rove, or roam is to pursue a course that is not very straight. One may rove, roam, or wander with some briskness or for some object, as in search of a lost child. One may wander about or stray about because he has lost his way. The wild beast ranges, roves, or roams in search of prey. Roam expresses most of definite purpose: as, to roam over Europe.n. A roving or wandering movement; a going or turning about irregularly or indefinitely; especially, a leisurely or sauntering walk in varying directions.n. A place to ramble in; a mazy walk or tract.n. In coal-mining, thin shaly beds of stone, taken down with the coal, above which a good roof may be met with.