Definition 'abandoned': wandering, lost, homeless, vagrant
Definition 'deviate': err, digress, diverge, ramble
Follow might work.
Recoil.
scamper
Fotter is not a word. The word I imagine you are looking for is "fodder", meaning raw material. The same word is also used for animal feed.
Horde is a good synonym for swarm.
A word that has the same meaning as another word is a synonym.
A synonym is a word that means the same as another word.
Similar or same meaning word mean synonym.
Synonym.
word w/ same meaning
No, an abbreviation is a shortened form of a word or phrase, while a synonym is an alternative to another word meaning the same or nearly same meaning.
A "synonym" of a word is one that can have the same or a similar meaning.
Some words that contain the root word "onym" are synonym (meaning a word with a similar meaning), antonym (meaning a word with the opposite meaning), and homonym (meaning a word that sounds the same but has a different meaning).
Stunned is a synonym for dazed.
Possible
The term for using one word instead of another but conveying the same meaning is "synonym."
The word for a word that is similar to another in meaning is synonym.