'Saunter' definitions:
Definition of 'saunter'
(from WordNet)
noun
A careless leisurely gait; "he walked with a kind of saunter as if he hadn't a care in the world"
noun
A leisurely walk (usually in some public place) [syn: amble, promenade, saunter, stroll, perambulation]
verb
Walk leisurely and with no apparent aim [syn: stroll, saunter]
Definition of 'Saunter'
From: GCIDE
- Saunter \Saun"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Sauntered; p. pr. & vb. n. Sauntering.] [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. --Masson. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: To loiter; linger; stroll; wander. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Saunter'
From: GCIDE
- Saunter \Saun"ter\, n. A sauntering, or a sauntering place. [1913 Webster]
- That wheel of fops, that saunter of the town. --Young. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'saunter'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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