MEANING
To walk in a relaxed, unhurried manner.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- saunter along a path
- saunter through a crowd
On the page
He sauntered along the path while the others watched the sky.
She sauntered through the crowd without answering the call.
Nearby words
Related words
Word forms
- Base
- saunter
- Past tense
- sauntered
- Past participle
- sauntered
- Present participle
- sauntering
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- saunter
- Present continuous
- am/is/are sauntering
- Present perfect
- have/has sauntered
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been sauntering
- Past
- sauntered
- Past continuous
- was/were sauntering
- Past perfect
- had sauntered
- Past perfect continuous
- had been sauntering
- Future
- will saunter
- Future continuous
- will be sauntering
- Future perfect
- will have sauntered
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been sauntering
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: literary. Forms: saunter; saunters; sauntered; sauntered; sauntering Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Third-person singular: saunters.
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