as in gypsies
a person who roams about without a fixed route or destination
the drifter just packed up and moved on to the next dead-end job
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Recent Examples of drifters
Most of them were migrant workers, young drifters, and then some co-renters.
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Jack Hargreaves, The Dial, 9 Sep. 2025
Entrants included everything from historic race cars to JDM drifters, time attack competition cars and off-roaders.
—Trinity Francis, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Jack Hargreaves, The Dial, 9 Sep. 2025
Entrants included everything from historic race cars to JDM drifters, time attack competition cars and off-roaders.
—Trinity Francis, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for drifters
Noun
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Its steep, meandering streets form a patchwork quilt filled with artists, spiritual seekers, motorcyclists, weekend wanderers, and retirees, each adding their own thread to the fabric.—
Lisa Cericola,
Southern Living,
9 Sep. 2025
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The weather is almost always perfect, the mountains are endlessly inviting, and state's inland gems, like the ever-popular Palm Springs, offer plenty of magic for weekend wanderers.—
Stacey Leasca,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Sep. 2025
Noun
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For aspiring nomads, understand that flexibility must be earned through trust, consistency and clear communication.—
Rodolfo Delgado,
Forbes.com,
13 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Which is a problem, given how few travelers actually think about their safety at the airport.—
Christopher Elliott,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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Underneath the stark floodlights streamed a procession of weary travelers in T-shirts and jeans, reaching into the bottom of a white coach bus for their oversize duffel bags.—
ProPublica,
ProPublica,
13 Sep. 2025
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“Drifters.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/drifters. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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