Meanings
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of ramble
- Of a speech: meandering, long and digressing.
Synonyms: desultory
- Confused and irregular; awkward.
Except that the house had an immensely large rambling loft at top, I made no other discoveries.
1859, Charles Dickens, The Haunted House - Winding irregularly in various directions.
A long somewhat rambling branch, avoiding the places most likely to supply it with traffic, but not the centres of scenic interest, began at Letterkenny and reached the sea at Burtonport.
1949 November and December, K. Longbottom, “By Goods Train to Gweedore”, in Railway Magazine, page 353
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveOf a speech: meandering, long and digressing.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivespreading out in different directions or distributed irregularly
adjective(of e.g. speech and writing) tending to depart from the main point or cover a wide range of subjects
adjectiveof a path e.g.
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Bulgarian разходка
- разходка (razhodka)gentle hiking
Chinese Mandarin 漫无边际的讲话
- 漫无边际的讲话meandering talk
Czech roztahaný
- roztahanýlong and digressing of a speech
Dutch gebazel, onsamenhangend gepraat
- gebazelmeandering talk
- onsamenhangend gepraatmeandering talk
- wandeltochtgentle hiking
- omzwervinggentle hiking
Finnish jaaritus, jaarittelu
- jaaritusmeandering talk
- jaarittelumeandering talk
- kuljeskelugentle hiking
- samoilugentle hiking
German langatmig, weitschweifend
- langatmiglong and digressing of a speech
- weitschweifendlong and digressing of a speech
- abschweifendlong and digressing of a speech
- palaverndlong and digressing of a speech
- Palavermeandering talk
- Geredemeandering talk
- Geschwafelmeandering talk
- Sermonmeandering talk
- Weitschweifigkeitmeandering talk
- Wanderngentle hiking
- Herumziehengentle hiking
- Spazierganggentle hiking
- Spazierengehengentle hiking
Greek ασυνάρτητος λόγος, περίπατος
- ασυνάρτητος λόγος (asynártitos lógos)meandering talk
- περίπατος (perípatos)gentle hiking
Irish rámhaille, fánaíocht
- rámhaillemeandering talk
- fánaíochtgentle hiking
Italian sproloquio
- sproloquiomeandering talk
Māori kāwekaweka, autaki
- kāwekawekalong and digressing of a speech
- autakilong and digressing of a speech
- hikimokelong and digressing of a speech
Norwegian vidløftig, springende, plapring, babling
- vidløftig, springendelong and digressing of a speech
- plapring, bablingmeandering talk
Polish rozwlekły
- rozwlekłymeandering talk
Spanish que se va por tangentes, inconexo
- que se va por tangenteslong and digressing of a speech
- inconexolong and digressing of a speech
- errantelong and digressing of a speech
- incoherentelong and digressing of a speech
- divagaciónmeandering talk
- peroratameandering talk
- monsergameandering talk
Swedish babbel
- babbelmeandering talk
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with rambling
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Cite this entry
rambling. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rambling
“rambling.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rambling. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rambling,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rambling.
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