Synonyms of tramp

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noun

ˈtramp 

1

as in hobo

a homeless wanderer who may beg or steal for a living

the police encouraged the tramps who were sleeping in the park to spend the bitterly cold night in the homeless shelter

Synonyms & Similar Words

• hobo
• beggar
• bum
• vagabond
• vagrant
• transient
• swagman
• swaggie
• derelict
• drifter
• sundowner
• bindle stiff
• roamer
• mendicant
• dodger
• panhandler
• bummer
• waif
• urchin
• shirker
• ragamuffin
• stiff
• slacker
• malingerer
• gamine

2

as in prostitute

disparaging a boldly flirtatious or sexually promiscuous woman

elders in the roaring twenties who labeled flappers degenerates and tramps

Synonyms & Similar Words

• prostitute
• hussy
• trollop
• floozy
• minx
• siren
• Jezebel
• chippie
• wench
• hoochie
• quean
• woman of easy virtue
• doxy
• temptress
• fancy woman
• vamp
• grisette
• trull

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verb

ˈtramp 

1

as in to shuffle

to move heavily or clumsily

tramped wearily up the stairs after a long day at work

Synonyms & Similar Words

• shuffle
• stomp
• stumble
• stamp
• barge
• slough
• clump
• lump
• haul
• trudge
• stump
• shamble
• drag
• lumber
• weave
• lurch
• scuffle
• scuff
• pound
• galumph
• flounder
• plod
• slog
• stagger
• flog
• tromp
• flop
• sway
• waddle
• totter
• reel
• blunder
• dodder
• wobble
• careen
• teeter

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• coast
• breeze
• slide
• glide
• whisk
• waltz
• float
• drift
• hang
• hover
• waft
• poise

2

as in to stomp

to tread on heavily so as to crush or injure

didn't mean to tramp your toes as I was running past you

Synonyms & Similar Words

• stomp
• stamp
• trample
• kick
• champ
• smash
• run over
• step (on)
• mash
• pulp
• boot
• run down
• tromp
• squash
• override
• hoof
• squelch

3

as in to stroll

to travel by foot for exercise or pleasure

we would have happily tramped through the forest for the rest of the day if it hadn't started to rain

Synonyms & Similar Words

• stroll
• walk
• saunter
• hike
• wander
• amble
• roam
• ramble
• perambulate
• rove
• trek
• traverse
• march
• promenade
• tromp
• traipse
• peregrinate
• power walk

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adjective

as in vagabond

Related Words

• vagabond
• itinerant
• vagrant
• traveling
• peripatetic
• roving
• wayfaring
• roaming
• nomadic
• wandering
• peregrine
• ranging
• errant
• migrant
• fugitive
• migratory
• mobile
• walking
• ambulatory
• sauntering
• ambulant
• meandering
• gadabout
• footloose
• strolling
• drifting
• rambling
• traipsing
• gallivanting
• fiddle-footed

Dissimilar Words

• resident
• stationary
• immobile
• fixed
• nonmigrant
• nonmigratory
• sedentary
• fast
• established
• settled
• set
• rooted

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of tramp

Noun

There’s a tramp, a ditz, a bad boss, a hippie, a by-the-book good girl. — Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 2 Apr. 2026

Told in a lingua franca of philosophy and academic jargon, Lucky’s speech has something to do with the collapse of reason and logic, and the futility of human progress, which is ultimately what tramps Estragon (Reeves) and Vladimir (Winter) are up against, too. — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 17 Dec. 2025

Verb

Virginia Woolf tramped along the Cornish coast; Oliver Sacks was known to swim; Haruki Murakami is an accomplished runner. — Bonnie Tsui, The Atlantic, 20 Jan. 2026

Kate Moss has been photographed tramping around the same shire in muddy boots since the early 2000s. — Anna Cooban, CNN Money, 24 Dec. 2025

Adjective

The golden age of voyages on board tramp steamers and banana boats was the first half of the 20th century. — Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2026

Some Esperantists have embraced the tramp lifestyle full-time. — Katie Thornton, Harpers Magazine, 26 May 2026