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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | nomad |
| Synonyms: | drifter, freebooter, itinerant, maverick, migrant, pirate, traveler, vagrant, wanderer |
| Main Entry: | nomad |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who wanders from place to place |
| Synonyms: | hobo, itinerant, migrant, pilgrim, rambler, roamer, rover, vagabond, wanderer, wayfarer |
| Main Entry: | pirate |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | buccaneer |
| Synonyms: | corsair, filibuster, freebooter, marauder, picaroon, privateer, raider, rover, sea rover |
| Main Entry: | traveler |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who journeys |
| Synonyms: | adventurer, barnstormer, bum*, commuter, displaced person, drifter, excursionist, expeditionist, explorer, floater, gadabout, globetrotter, gypsy, haj, hiker, hobo, itinerant, jet-setter, journeyer, junketer, migrant, navigator, nomad, passenger, peddler, pilgrim, rambler, roamer, rover, sailor, seafarer, sightseer, tourist, tramp, transmigrant, trekker, tripper, trouper, truant, vagabond, vagrant, voyager, wanderer, wayfarer |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | vagabond |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who leads an unsettled life; traveler |
| Synonyms: | explorer, gypsy, haji, pathfinder, pilgrim, pioneer, rambler, rover, tourist, trailblazer, trekker, wanderer, wayfarer |
| Notes: | a vagabond refers to a person who leads a carefree, roaming existence; a vagrant ekes out a living by begging and is often considered a nuisance |
| Antonyms: | inhabitant |
| Main Entry: | wanderer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who travels aimlessly |
| Synonyms: | adventurer, beachcomber, bum, drifter, explorer, floater, gad, gadabout, gallivanter, globe-trotter, gypsy, itinerant, meanderer, nomad, pilgrim, rambler, ranger, roamer, rolling stone, rover, straggler, stray, stroller, traveler, vagabond, vagrant, voyager |
| Main Entry: | wayfarer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | traveler |
| Synonyms: | adventurer, barnstormer, bum*, drifter, excursionist, explorer, gadabout, globe-trotter, gypsy, hiker, hitchhiker, hobo, itinerant, journeyer, nomad, peddler, pilgrim, rambler, roamer, rover, trekker, vagabond, vagrant, walker, wanderer |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | ranger |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | patrol person |
| Synonyms: | policeman, policewoman, rover, soldier, trooper, wanderer, warden |
| Main Entry: | gadabout |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | rambler |
| Synonyms: | gallivanter, rover |
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