knockabouts

noun

plural of knockabout
as in birds of passage
a person who roams about without a fixed route or destination the book is one writer's journey of self-discovery as a restless knockabout

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  1. nomads
  2. travelers
  3. wanderers
Noun
  • On the side streets, small stands sell bad food and plastic trinkets, while a few Travellers, Ireland’s indigenous nomads, work rival fortune-telling franchises.
    — Susan Neiman, The New York Review of Books, 5 Sep. 2026
  • Jason and his family are living like multiversal nomads, traveling to different worlds in search of a home, and this lets the show get into the nitty-gritty of how the box works and the rules for traveling between worlds.
    — Andrew Webster, The Verge, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of nomads
Noun
  • And yet, despite America’s best efforts, in the midst of this horror, millions of artists, travelers, and inventors created love, and light.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2026
  • But treating solo travelers as an audience rather than an accommodation is harder.
    — Peter McGraw, The Conversation, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of travelers
Noun
  • Connecting with this odd population of wanderers is one of the surprise pleasures of our annual Bishop trip.
    — Brian Laidlaw, Longreads, 1 Sep. 2026
  • My eight women are divided into wanderers, rebels, explorers, and mentors.
    — Anne E. Fernald, Literary Hub, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of wanderers
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“Knockabouts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/knockabouts. Accessed 11 Sep. 2026.

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