vagabond

¹vag·a·bond

adj \ˈva-gə-ˌbänd\

Definition of VAGABOND

1

: moving from place to place without a fixed home : wandering

2

a : of, relating to, or characteristic of a wanderer b : leading an unsettled, irresponsible, or disreputable life

— vag·a·bond·ish \-ˌbän-dish\ adjective

Examples of VAGABOND

1. <a vagabond group of entertainers that performed in rough-and-tumble mining towns>

Origin of VAGABOND

Middle English, from Anglo-French vacabund, from Late Latin vagabundus, from Latin vagari to wander

First Known Use: 15th century

Related to VAGABOND

Synonyms: ambulant, ambulatory, errant, fugitive, gallivanting (also galavanting), nomad, nomadic, perambulatory, peregrine, peripatetic, ranging, roaming, roving, itinerant, 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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Rhymes with VAGABOND

allemande, bottle blond, correspond, demimonde, Eurobond, income bond, savings bond, solar pond, Trebizond, Trobriand