vagabond

traveling from place to place a vagabond group of entertainers that performed in rough-and-tumble mining towns Synonyms ambulant, ambulatory, errant, fugitive, gallivanting (also galavanting), nomad, nomadic, perambulatory, peregrine, peripatetic, ranging, roaming, roving, itinerant, vagrant, wandering, wayfaringRelated Words drifting, footloose, meandering, rambling; sauntering, strolling, traipsing, walking; migrant, migratoryNear Antonyms immobile, nonmoving, settled, standing, static, stationary; motionless, still

1 a homeless wanderer who may beg or steal for a living be wary of the vagabonds in that corner of the city Synonyms bindle stiff, bum, bummer, hobo, sundowner [Australian], swaggie [chiefly Australian], swagman [chiefly Australian], tramp, vagrantRelated Words drifter, roamer, transient; beggar, derelict, mendicant, panhandler, stiff; dodger, malingerer, shirker, slacker; gamine, ragamuffin, urchin, waif

2 a person who roams about without a fixed route or destination after they retired, the couple bought an RV and became footloose vagabonds Synonyms drifter, gadabout, gypsy, knockabout, maunderer, rambler, roamer, rover, stroller, nomad, wanderer, wayfarerRelated Words laggard, straggler; lingerer, loiterer, sojourner; bum, hobo, tramp; passenger, sightseer, traveler (or traveller); migrant, transient, vagrant; ambler, sauntererNear Antonyms homebody; denizen, dweller, habitant, inhabitant, resident, settler