| nomad | | |
| n. (person) | 1. nomad | a member of a people who have no permanent home but move about according to the seasons. |
| ~ bedouin, beduin | a member of a nomadic tribe of Arabs. |
| ~ bushman | a member of the race of nomadic hunters and gatherers who live in southern Africa. |
| ~ hun | a member of a nomadic people who invaded Europe in the 4th century. |
| ~ saracen | (historically) a member of the nomadic people of the Syrian and Arabian deserts at the time of the Roman Empire. |
| ~ scythian | a member of the ancient nomadic people inhabiting Scythia. |
| ~ bird of passage, roamer, rover, wanderer | someone who leads a wandering unsettled life. |
| vagabond | | |
| n. (object) | 1. vagabond | anything that resembles a vagabond in having no fixed place.; "pirate ships were vagabonds of the sea" |
| ~ object, physical object | a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow.; "it was full of rackets, balls and other objects" |
| n. (person) | 2. drifter, floater, vagabond, vagrant | a wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of support. |
| ~ beachcomber | a vagrant living on a beach. |
| ~ have-not, poor person | a person with few or no possessions. |
| ~ sundowner | a tramp who habitually arrives at sundown. |
| ~ hobo, tramp, bum | a disreputable vagrant.; "a homeless tramp"; "he tried to help the really down-and-out bums" |
| ~ bird of passage, roamer, rover, wanderer | someone who leads a wandering unsettled life. |
| v. (motion) | 3. cast, drift, ramble, range, roam, roll, rove, stray, swan, tramp, vagabond, wander | move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment.; "The gypsies roamed the woods"; "roving vagabonds"; "the wandering Jew"; "The cattle roam across the prairie"; "the laborers drift from one town to the next"; "They rolled from town to town" |
| ~ go, locomote, move, travel | change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically.; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast" |
| ~ maunder | wander aimlessly. |
| ~ gad, gallivant, jazz around | wander aimlessly in search of pleasure. |
| ~ drift, err, stray | wander from a direct course or at random.; "The child strayed from the path and her parents lost sight of her"; "don't drift from the set course" |
| ~ wander | go via an indirect route or at no set pace.; "After dinner, we wandered into town" |
| adj. | 4. rootless, vagabond | wandering aimlessly without ties to a place or community.; "led a vagabond life"; "a rootless wanderer" |
| ~ unsettled | not settled or established.; "an unsettled lifestyle" |
| adj. | 5. aimless, drifting, floating, vagabond, vagrant | continually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another.; "a drifting double-dealer"; "the floating population"; "vagrant hippies of the sixties" |
| ~ unsettled | not settled or established.; "an unsettled lifestyle" |
| vagrant | | |
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