as in nomadic
traveling from place to place
a vagabond group of entertainers that performed in rough-and-tumble mining towns
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as in hobo
a homeless wanderer who may beg or steal for a living
be wary of the vagabonds in that corner of the city
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as in gypsy
a person who roams about without a fixed route or destination
after they retired, the couple bought an RV and became footloose vagabonds
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Recent Examples of vagabond
Colin Stutz, Billboard, 10 Oct. 2017
Hill’s book teems with sloppy and obvious devices (to the point of cliche), including a vagabond narrator (Steve Pacek) preempting for us the obvious songs that require no explanation.
—Jim Rutter, Philly.com, 24 Sep. 2017
Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 3 Feb. 2025
The Anatolian mountains, where Ali tends to a barren garden, provide a sinister backdrop from which anything, not just a vagabond dropped as if from the sky, can suddenly appear.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 25 Jan. 2025
Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 18 Apr. 2025
As a vagabonding aviator, Zdarsky flew his trike around Joshua Tree and Death Valley, and even over 14,505-foot-tall Mount Whitney in the Sierra Nevada range, nearly freezing himself in the process.
—Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Aug. 2023
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Adjective
By modern standards, Wray's story feels like rock and roll lore that edges on pulp: As a child, he was raised in poverty in Dunn, North Carolina, and learned to play guitar from a vagabond bluesman named Hambone.
—Colin Stutz, Billboard, 10 Oct. 2017
Hill’s book teems with sloppy and obvious devices (to the point of cliche), including a vagabond narrator (Steve Pacek) preempting for us the obvious songs that require no explanation.
—Jim Rutter, Philly.com, 24 Sep. 2017
Noun
Will that interest translate into new fans, who might have rooted on the River Cats — and therefore the Giants — but will now switch major-league allegiances to the vagabond A’s?
—Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 3 Feb. 2025
The Anatolian mountains, where Ali tends to a barren garden, provide a sinister backdrop from which anything, not just a vagabond dropped as if from the sky, can suddenly appear.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 25 Jan. 2025
Verb
In 1978, Wenner sold the magazine to Larry Burke, a young man from Chicago who had spent a chunk of his twenties vagabonding around Europe, Africa, and the Middle East.
—Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 18 Apr. 2025
As a vagabonding aviator, Zdarsky flew his trike around Joshua Tree and Death Valley, and even over 14,505-foot-tall Mount Whitney in the Sierra Nevada range, nearly freezing himself in the process.
—Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Aug. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vagabond
Adjective
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For millennia their nomadic ancestors came here to fish Arctic char, a silvery-orange cousin of the brook trout.—
Alec Luhn,
Scientific American,
20 May 2025
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The villages in this mountainous landscape are home to a pastoral nomadic community that has lived for generations in close connection with the land.—
Natela Grigalashvili,
The Dial,
20 May 2025
Noun
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Extra hooks allow the bag to transform into a trapezoidal hobo shape.—
Joelle Diderich,
WWD,
19 Sep. 2024
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There’s a lot to love about Coach’s viral shoulder bag: the modern hobo style, the soft leather, the distinct shape.—
Lindy Segal,
Glamour,
13 Sep. 2024
Noun
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The beggars, widows, and families with sick relatives who once made a pilgrimage to the gates of the parliament building in the Green Zone to beg lawmakers for help are now barred from entry.—
Ned Parker,
Foreign Affairs,
12 Feb. 2012
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All the beggars at the intersection of Lee Road and the off-ramp of I-4 are completely out of hand.—
Ticked Off,
Orlando Sentinel,
18 July 2024
Verb
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In the right of the picture, a platoon of soldiers, heavily armed and preceded by a pair of gun carriages, tramp through a defile.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
25 Apr. 2025
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But because of its delicate nature, would-be visitors have to enter a daily lottery to get a permit, helping limit the number of people tramping over the sandstone.—
Mindy Sink,
Denver Post,
2 Apr. 2025
Noun
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This was all done with a bum wrist, which posed as an inconvenience to him at times.—
Hannah Kirby,
Journal Sentinel,
4 Aug. 2024
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Tommy, left to prosecute the case against Rusty, has inherited a bum gig.—
Vinson Cunningham,
The New Yorker,
26 July 2024
Noun
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The core of the RSF consists of Arabic-speaking nomads, once known as the Janjaweed, who have long been in conflict with the non-Arab farmers in this part of Sudan.—
Lynsey Addario,
The Atlantic,
12 May 2025
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Although it is produced in Kazakhstan, using markedly modern distillation equipment, the drink is actually inspired by ancient Iranian nomads.—
Brad Japhe,
Forbes.com,
30 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The population at South Korea’s vagrant facilities peaked in the 1980s as the then-military government intensified roundups to beautify streets ahead of the 1986 Asian Games and the 1988 Olympic Games held in Seoul.—
Kim Tong-Hyung,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Sep. 2024
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While the policy is intended to protect homeless individuals from discrimination, some say its unintended consequences will only perpetuate the crisis and safeguard vagrants from prosecution.—
Tim Clouser | The Center Square,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
8 Sep. 2024
Noun
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That means that the observations conducted with these two space telescopes are highly complementary, especially when studying transient cosmic phenomena that change in wavelength over time — that includes the solar system's planets and their moons.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
23 Apr. 2025
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At its lowest level, the ANC effectively reduces the lower frequencies of a busy cafe, allowing only voices and transients through.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
28 Apr. 2025
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“Vagabond.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vagabond. Accessed 28 May. 2025.
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