Synonyms of vagrant

vagrant 1 of 2

adjective

as in nomadic

traveling from place to place

bands of vagrant children in the streets of the impoverished city

Synonyms & Similar Words

• nomadic
• nomad
• peregrine
• migrant
• roaming
• itinerant
• wandering
• peripatetic
• ambulatory
• roving
• wayfaring
• vagabond
• ranging
• on the move
• fugitive
• ambulant
• migratory
• errant
• galavanting
• perambulatory
• walking
• gallivanting
• drifting
• footloose
• rambling
• meandering
• sauntering
• strolling
• traipsing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• static
• stationary
• standing
• settled
• motionless
• immobile
• still
• nonmoving

vagrant

2 of 2

noun

1

as in beggar

a homeless wanderer who may beg or steal for a living

vagrants sleeping in cardboard boxes on the sidewalk

Synonyms & Similar Words

• beggar
• hobo
• tramp
• vagabond
• transient
• bum
• swagman
• swaggie
• drifter
• derelict
• mendicant
• sundowner
• bindle stiff
• roamer
• panhandler
• urchin
• dodger
• bummer
• waif
• shirker
• ragamuffin
• stiff
• malingerer
• slacker
• gamine

2

as in bum

an idle worthless person

the vagrants who are a familiar sight at the city's bus terminal

Synonyms & Similar Words

• bum
• beggar
• hobo
• derelict
• no-account
• good-for-nothing
• dodger
• do-nothing
• tramp
• drifter
• no-goodnik
• no-good
• slacker
• transient
• vagabond
• ne'er-do-well
• urchin
• panhandler
• roamer
• waif
• pauper
• indigent
• ragamuffin
• shirker
• loafer
• idler
• down-and-out
• slug
• sluggard
• sundowner
• down-and-outer
• lazybones
• drone
• slouch
• goldbrick
• gamine

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• success
• winner