nomadic

adjective

no·​mad·​ic nō-ˈma-dik 

1

: of, relating to, or characteristic of nomads

a nomadic tribe

nomadic herders

2

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

a nomadic hobo

Synonyms of nomadic

• nomad

Examples of nomadic in a Sentence

raised in a nomadic family, she attended half a dozen different high schools

Recent Examples on the Web

Researchers theorize that residents abandoned the city before the quake, with nomadic tribes possibly taking over the ruins afterward. —Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 15 Nov. 2025

Her aim is to reinvent facial skin care for today’s nomadic lifestyles of real women. —Jennifer Weil, Footwear News, 13 Nov. 2025

Having lived in Scotland, England, France, Switzerland, California, New York, and Hawaii, the nomadic author had finally settled in one place. —Literary Hub, 13 Nov. 2025

Rugged and stoic men, somewhat nomadic laborers who roamed from job to job, sawing trees one season and hammering railroad spikes into the ground the next. —David Fear, Rolling Stone, 12 Nov. 2025

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from Greek nomadikós "of a shepherd or herdsman, pastoral," from nomad-, nomás "wanderer, shepherd, nomad" + -ikos -ic entry 1

First Known Use

circa 1818, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for nomadic

• dyadic
• faradic
• monadic
• sporadic
• triadic
• haddock
• paddock