Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun strayer

1 sense of strayer

Sense 1
straggler, strayer -- (someone who strays or falls behind)
       => dawdler, drone, laggard, lagger, trailer, poke -- (someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind)

Antonyms of adj stray

2 senses of stray

Sense 1
isolated, stray -- (not close together in time; "isolated instances of rebellion"; "a few stray crumbs")

INDIRECT (VIA sporadic) -> continual -- (occurring without interruption; chiefly restricted to what recurs regularly or frequently in a prolonged and closely spaced series; "the continual banging of the shutters")

Sense 2
stray -- ((of an animal) having no home or having wandered away from home; "a stray calf"; "a stray dog")

INDIRECT (VIA lost) -> found -- (come upon unexpectedly or after searching; "found art"; "the lost-and-found department")

Similarity of adj stray

2 senses of stray

Sense 1
isolated, stray -- (not close together in time; "isolated instances of rebellion"; "a few stray crumbs")
       => sporadic (vs. continual) -- (recurring in scattered and irregular or unpredictable instances; "a city subjected to sporadic bombing raids")

Sense 2
stray -- ((of an animal) having no home or having wandered away from home; "a stray calf"; "a stray dog")
       => lost (vs. found) -- (no longer in your possession or control; unable to be found or recovered; "a lost child"; "lost friends"; "his lost book"; "lost opportunities")