Reverse Dictionary: ROVE

ADJECTIVES
— GADABOUT wandering; given to roving or gadding → 1817
— GADDY given to wandering or roving about → 1637 obs. rare
— GALLANTING roving, roaming → 1873 Sc.
— LAND-LOPING — LAND-LOUPING wandering, roving, vagabond → 1577 obs. exc. Sc.
— RAMPLOR roving, unsettled, restless → 1821 Sc.
— SCOOR-THE-KINTRY roving, vagabond → 1901 Sc. 
— VAGANT wandering, roaming, roving; travelling or moving from place to place; having no settled home or abiding place → 1382 obs.
— VAGARIOUS wandering, roaming, roving → 1882

NOUNS
— EVAGATION the act of wandering; a rambling, roving; a departing from a specified locality, prescribed course, etc. → 1691
— RAMPLOSITY a boisterousness, roving disposition → 1887 Sc.

NOUNS – PERSON
— BEDOUIN one who lives a Bedouin-like life; a gypsy, a wanderer or rover → 1863 
— GADABOUT one who wanders or roves, esp. from motives of curiosity or gossip → 1837
— GAD-ABROAD one who wanders or roves, esp. from motives of curiosity or gossip → 1810 obs.
— GADDER one who wanders or roves, esp. from motives of curiosity or gossip; a gadabout, a busybody, a gossip → 1550
— GADDER-ABOUT one who wanders or roves, esp. from motives of curiosity or gossip → 1568 obs.
— GADDER-ABROAD one who wanders or roves, esp. from motives of curiosity or gossip → 1577 obs.
— GADFLY a person who is constantly wandering or roving about → 1614 obs.
— GALOPIN a roving youngster, a street-arab → 1836 Sc. obs.
— RAIK a roving, gadabout person or animal; one who wanders about from place to place in search of gossip or entertainment → 1825 Sc.
— RAKER a vagabond, a wanderer, a rover → 1866 Sc.
— RALLACK a roving character; an idle good-for-nothing → Bk1905 Eng. dial.
— RAMPLER — RAMPLOR a gay, roving fellow → 1822 Sc.
— RANGER a rover, a wanderer → 1593
— RANGLER a rover → 1575 obs.
— SHOOLER a wanderer, a vagrant, a tramp, a rover → 1910 Ireland (Bk.)
— VAIGER a wanderer, a rover, a vagrant → 1775 Sc. & Eng. dial.

VERBS
— BELLRAIVE to rove about; to be unsteady; to act on impulse → Bk1911 Sc.
— HAVE A GAD-FLY to be fond of wandering or roving about → 1591 obs.
— HAVE SHOES MADE OF RUNNING LEATHER † to be given to wandering; to move restlessly from place to place; to be a roamer or rover → 1575
— JANGLE to rove about, to lead a disorderly life; to trifle, to idle → 1857 Eng. dial.
— OWL AROUND to rove about at night → 1975 Amer. dial.
— PERAGRATE to wander through the country; to rove about; to travel over or through → 1542 rare
— RANGLE to rove, to wander, to stray → 1567 obs.
— ROIL to roam or rove about → ME obs.
— SCAFE to lead a roving, vagabond life → 1847 Eng. dial.
— SCAMP to go about in an idle manner, to roam, to rove around, often with the idea of intended mischief → 1866 Sc.
— SCANT to rove; to race about → 1876 Eng. dial.
— SHAG to stroll, to rove about, to amble along, to saunter → 1928 Amer. dial.
— SPATIATE to walk about, to stroll; to wander, roam, rove, or ramble → 1626