Synonyms of nomads

nomads

noun

plural of nomad

as in wanderers

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• wanderers
• travelers
• drifters
• wayfarers
• birds of passage
• roamers
• vagabonds
• rovers
• strollers
• ramblers
• knockabouts
• passengers
• sojourners
• maunderers
• stragglers
• gadabouts
• migrants
• hoboes
• laggards
• loiterers
• lingerers
• sightseers
• tramps
• bums
• transients
• vagrants
• amblers
• saunterers

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• inhabitants
• residents
• settlers
• dwellers
• homebodies
• denizens
• habitants

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of nomads

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

Such groups may include perennial nomads (such as the Roma in Europe), Indigenous peoples in former European colonies, or smaller tribes in societies where tribal membership is socially significant. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 28 Aug. 2026

View gallery - 9 images With its modest length of just 6 m (20 ft), the Mini tiny house could be a good fit for would-be nomads. — Adam Williams july 23, New Atlas, 24 July 2026

Gerardo Olivares’ globe-trotting comedy sees various nomads and tribesmen move heaven and earth to watch the final between 2002 World Cup final between Germany and Brazil. — Jon O'Brien, Vulture, 26 June 2026

Who co-living is actually for The stereotype of co-living as a landing pad for laptop-toting nomads no longer holds. — Hanna Wickes, Sacbee.com, 17 June 2026

The documents included long and complicated legal or technical language in Chinese, some of which was orally translated into Tibetan during the signing, because many nomads who are heads of households and more than 40 years old can’t read either Chinese or Tibetan. — Sanggay Tashi, The Conversation, 11 June 2026

References to nomads of the Kazakh steppe and local symbolism abound in the label, as seen in the heavy glass bottles recalling nomads’ flasks and decorated with handmade pendants in the form of old coins engraved with the emblem of each fragrance. — Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 9 June 2026