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nomad

/ˈnəʊmæd/

noun

Meaning

  • A member of a society or class who herd animals from pasture to pasture with no fixed home.

  • A person who changes residence frequently.

  • A player who changes teams frequently.

adjective

Meaning

  • Of or relating to nomads, whether

Synonyms

nomad,
ambling,
ambulant,
ambulatory,
discursive,
drifting,
errant,
erratic,
floating,
footloose,
gypsy,
itinerant,
itinerate,
meandering,
perambulant,
perambulatory,
peregrine,
peripatetic,
prodigal,
rambling,
roaming,
rootless,
roving,
transient,
unsettled,
vagabond,
vagrant,
wandering,
wayfaring,
pastoral

noun

Meaning

  • One who wanders, who travels aimlessly.

  • Any of various far-migrating nymphalid butterflies of the genus Danaus.

  • The wandering albatross, Diomedea exulans.