Nod my Head - A Writing Guide for Wattpad Writers

(19) Other Words For Went

How often do you rely on went when you send your protagonists somewhere?

Absconded, accompanied, advanced, ambled, ambulated, ankled, approached, arrowed, ascended

Bailed, banked, barged, barreled, beat it, beelined, biked, blasted off, blazed, blew by, blundered, bolted, boogied, booted, bounced, bounded, breezed, broke, brushed, budged, bugged out, bulled past, burst, bustled

Cantered, capered, careened, careered, caromed, cast off, cavorted, charged, chuffed, chugged, circled, clambered, cleared out, climbed, clomped, clopped, clumped, clunked, coasted, coursed, crashed, crawled, crept, crossed, cruised, curved, cut and run, cut through, cycled

Danced, darted, dashed, dawdled, decamped, defected, departed, descended, disappeared, dislocated, disturbed, dived/dove, doddered, dogged it, dragged, drifted, dropped, drove, ducked out

Eased, edged, elbowed through, eluded, emigrated, encroached, entered, escaped, escorted, evacuated, evaded, evaporated, excursed, exited

Faded, fell, filed, flapped, fled, flew, flitted, flittered, floated, flopped, flounced, floundered, flowed, fluttered, followed, footed it, forged, frolicked

Gadded, gallivanted, galloped, galumphed, gamboled, gimped, glided, glissaded, goose-stepped, ground

Hastened, headed for, hied, hightailed, hiked, hit the road, hitched forward, hobbled, hoofed it, hopped, hotfooted it, humped, hurdled, hurried, hurtled, hustled

Impelled, inched, itinerated

Jerked, jetted, jogged, journeyed, jumped

Knocked about

Launched, led, lead-footed it, leaped/leapt, left, legged it, lighted out/lit out, limped, locomoted, loitered, loped, lumbered, lunged, lurched

Made a break, made haste, made off, made tracks, marched, maundered, meandered, migrated, minced, moped, moseyed, motored, mounted, moved, moved out, muscled

Navigated, neared, negotiated, nosed, nose-dived

Offloaded

Paced, padded, paddled, paraded, passed, patrolled, peeled, pelted off, penetrated, perambulated, peregrinated, pirouetted, pitter-pattered, plodded, plowed, plummeted, plunged, positioned, pottered, pounced, pranced, proceeded, progressed, promenaded, propelled, prowled, pulled out, pushed ahead, pushed away, pushed off, pushed on, puttered

Quit/quitted

Raced, rambled, rammed, ran, ranged, rattled, rebounded, receded, recoiled, reeled, relocated, removed, repaired, resettled, retired, retreated, retrogressed, returned, ricocheted, roamed, rocketed, rode, rolled, romped, rose, roved, rowed, rumbled, rushed

Sailed, sallied forth, sashayed, sauntered, scaled, scampered, scattered, scooted, scrabbled, scrambled, scrammed, scudded, scuffed, scurried, scuttled, Segwayed, serpentined, set off, shambled, shifted, shimmied, shipped, shot, shouldered through, shoved off, shrank, shuffled, sidestepped, skateboarded, skated, skedaddled, skidded, skied, skipped, skipped out, skirred, skirted, skittered, skulked, skyrocketed, sledded, slid, slipped, slithered, slogged, slunk, smoked, snaked, snuck, soared, sped, spiraled, split, sprang, sprinted, spurted, staggered, stalked, stamped, stampeded, steamed, steered, stepped, stirred, stole away, stomped, stormed, straggled, strayed, streaked, streamed, strode, strolled, struck out, strutted, stumbled, stumped, swaggered, swam, swayed, swept, swished away, switched, swooshed

Tailed, threaded, thundered, tiptoed, toddled, took off, tore, tottered, toured, trailed, traipsed, tramped, trampled, transferred, transported, transposed, traveled, traversed, trekked, tripped, trod, tromped, trooped, trotted, trudged, tumbled, twirled

Vacated, vamoosed, vanished, vaulted, veered, ventured

Waddled, waded, wafted, walked, waltzed, wandered, weaved, wended, wheeled, whipped, whisked, whizzed, whooshed, wiggled, winged, withdrew, wobbled, wormed, wove, wriggled

Zipped, zoomed