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tramp

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of tramp

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 of tramp

bum, hobo, vagabond, vagrant
Words Related to tramp

drifter, roamer, transient

beggar, derelict, mendicant, panhandler

dodger, malingerer, shirker, slacker

gamine, ragamuffin, urchin, waif

tramp

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of tramp

1 to move heavily or clumsily
  • tramped wearily up the stairs after a long day at work
Synonyms of tramp

barge, clump, flounder, galumph, lumber, lump, plod, pound, scuff, scuffle, shamble, shuffle, slog, slough, stamp, stomp, stumble, stump, tromp, trudge
Words Related to tramp

drag, flop, haul

blunder, careen, dodder, lurch, reel, stagger, sway, teeter, totter, waddle, weave, wobble (also wabble)
Near Antonyms of tramp

drift, float, hang, hover, poise, waft
Antonyms of tramp

breeze, coast, glide, slide, waltz, whisk
2 to tread on heavily so as to crush or injure
  • I didn't mean to tramp your toes as I was running past you.
Synonyms of tramp

stamp, stomp, trample, tromp
Words Related to tramp

override, run down, run over, step (on)

mash, pulp, smash, squash, squelch

boot, hoof, kick
3 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 of tramp

amble, hike, perambulate, ramble, saunter, stroll, tromp
Words Related to tramp

roam, rove, wander

peregrinate, traipse, traverse, trek, walk

march, promenade

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