as in wanderer
a person who roams about without a fixed route or destination
after college she became quite the nomad, backpacking through Europe with no particular destination
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as in nomadic
traveling from place to place
nomad caravans of Bedouins
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Recent Examples of nomad
Amanda Favazza, Southern Living, 15 Feb. 2026
America used to be a nation of nomads.
—Lew Sichelman, Miami Herald, 5 Feb. 2026
Katharina Kotrba, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
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Noun
One is a nomad, and one is an organized perfectionist.
—Amanda Favazza, Southern Living, 15 Feb. 2026
America used to be a nation of nomads.
—Lew Sichelman, Miami Herald, 5 Feb. 2026
Adjective
New this season are nomad-style cooking workshops, starlit movies for younger campers, and sunrise hawk walks.
—Katharina Kotrba, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nomad
Noun
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Voice like a warm porchlight left on for wanderers who kissed goodbye too soon or stayed too long.—
Alex Suskind,
Pitchfork,
18 Mar. 2026
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Unlike most comets, which originate in the Kuiper Belt or the Oort Cloud, this icy wanderer formed around another star before drifting into our cosmic neighborhood.—
Daisy Dobrijevic,
Space.com,
2 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Fars released a video on Friday purporting to show nomadic Bakhtiari tribesmen, rifles in hand, searching for the American crew member in the mountains of Iran’s Khuzestan province.—
Sophie Tanno,
CNN Money,
4 Apr. 2026
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Gratitude for having a place to close your eyes doesn’t erase the loneliness of nomadic living.—
Nina Corcoran,
Pitchfork,
3 Apr. 2026
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An experienced world-traveler who is no longer interested in scenes or conspicuous displays of wealth or expertise.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
7 Apr. 2026
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Videos posted on social media showed thousands of travelers waiting in crowded conditions as airport trains gradually came back online.—
Brian Maass,
CBS News,
7 Apr. 2026
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The men and women under his employ were a rag-tag gang of dreamers and drifters, brought together by a love for adventure, a disdain for the society that had thrown their friends away in Vietnam, and a desire to spread the gospel of ganja.—
Jack Crosbie,
Rolling Stone,
17 Mar. 2026
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Poitier stars as Homer Smith, a drifter who turns up in a small Arizona town and helps a group of nuns construct a chapel for the local community.—
Devan Coggan,
Entertainment Weekly,
15 Mar. 2026
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Lurking in the forest is Jerry (David Wilmot), a vagabond living in his van, whose animosity with Fergal (Michael Patric), the inn owner’s prickly adult son, will play a role in how the days ahead will go haywire.—
Carlos Aguilar,
Variety,
15 Mar. 2026
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Long the purview of vagabond surfers, its coastline is peppered with small towns, like Venao, Guanico, and Cambutal, that are in various stages of being reshaped by bohemian expats.—
David Amsden,
Condé Nast Traveler,
28 Dec. 2025
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“Nomad.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nomad. Accessed 10 Apr. 2026.
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