nomadic

no·mad·ic

adj \nō-ˈma-dik\

Definition of NOMADIC

1

: of, relating to, or characteristic of nomads <a nomadic tribe>

2

: roaming about from place to place aimlessly, frequently, or without a fixed pattern of movement

Examples of NOMADIC

1. <raised in a nomadic family, she attended half a dozen different high schools>

First Known Use of NOMADIC

circa 1818

Related to NOMADIC

Synonyms: ambulant, ambulatory, errant, fugitive, gallivanting (also galavanting), nomad, itinerant, perambulatory, peregrine, peripatetic, ranging, roaming, roving, vagabond, vagrant, wandering, wayfaring

Related Words: drifting, footloose, meandering, rambling; sauntering, strolling, traipsing, walking; migrant, migratory

Near Antonyms: immobile, nonmoving, settled, standing, static, stationary; motionless, still

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Other Anthropology Terms

ectomorph, ethnography, prehistory, yurt

Rhymes with NOMADIC

balladic, Cycladic, dyadic, faradic, maenadic, monadic, sporadic, tetradic, triadic, Troadic