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 traveler
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
Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 9 July 2025
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
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
Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 9 June 2025
Marseille is like a siren’s song; for thousands of years, sailors and vagabonds have been drawn in and hooked by its rebellious undercurrent.
—Lily Radziemski, New York Times, 29 May 2025
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Adjective
The jam band scene – long reigned over by groups like the Grateful Dead and the Allman Brothers Band – exploded in the Nineties as newer artists like Phish and Widespread Panic began filling arenas and fomenting their own rabid vagabonding fanbases.
—Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 9 July 2025
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
Noun
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
Verb
Flynn stars in the series in the pivotal role of Dickie Greenleaf, a wayward vagabond who is murdered by a grifter, Tom Ripley (Andrew Scott), who assumes Dickie’s identity.
—Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 9 June 2025
Marseille is like a siren’s song; for thousands of years, sailors and vagabonds have been drawn in and hooked by its rebellious undercurrent.
—Lily Radziemski, New York Times, 29 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vagabond
Adjective
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On the Kazakh steppe, centuries of nomadic tradition shaped a culture rooted in hospitality and community.—
Nina Subkhanberdina,
CNN Money,
30 Sep. 2025
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My Life on the Road and wanted to ask about her experience growing up with a nomadic family that rarely put her in in-person school.—
Emma Hinchliffe,
Fortune,
18 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The former, in which Burnett and Hamilton did a song-and-dance routine as Dust Bowl-era hobos, marked the first of several times that the two performed together.—
Rachel Syme,
New Yorker,
29 Sep. 2025
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Rich earth tones lean into the season’s palette, while hobo shapes and mini shoulder bags feel especially of-the-moment.—
Rosie Marder,
Travel + Leisure,
23 Sep. 2025
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At PortMiami on Thursday, several travelers express frustration over how the outbreak was managed by the cruise line.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
3 Oct. 2025
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Other cruise line travelers can also choose a four-night sail from Miami to Cozumel or three-day West Coast trips embarking from Los Angeles and sailing to Ensenada, Mexico.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
3 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Thousands upon thousands of people tramped through Paris in 2015, grieving the 11 journalists and one police officer killed in the attack on Charlie Hebdo and promising to safeguard its mission.—
Joseph Ataman,
CNN Money,
27 Sep. 2025
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The bathroom in the apartment, as in most floor-throughs, was off the bedroom in the rear of the flat, meaning guests had to tramp through the kitchen and bedroom in order to get to it.—
Nicholas Pileggi,
Curbed,
15 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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New this season are nomad-style cooking workshops, starlit movies for younger campers, and sunrise hawk walks.—
Katharina Kotrba,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
Noun
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In Havana, beggars are ubiquitous.—
Jon Lee Anderson,
New Yorker,
29 Sep. 2025
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Brando, the owner of an atoll in Tahiti, where his family dwelled, had become the beggar of Hollywood, who had to feed on crumbs.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Cora planned for his players to test the right fielder’s bum elbow — the Red Sox always attack pinstriped vulnerabilities on the basepaths — and sure enough Nick Sogard turned a single into a double in the seventh because Judge can’t throw the ball.—
Ian O'Connor,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2025
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Among them are South Korean’s CIA Director (Ryoo Seung-bum) and the Japanese Deputy Minister of Transport (Takayuki Yamada).—
Dennis Harvey,
Variety,
20 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The options were powerful, immortal, stranger or wanderer.—
Madison E. Goldberg,
PEOPLE,
26 Sep. 2025
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The Transporter Westfalia Camper versions are especially popular, outfitted with any number of clever amenities for weekend wanderers.—
Robert Ross,
Robb Report,
19 Sep. 2025
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“Vagabond.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vagabond. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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