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vagabonds

noun , plural of vagabond

Synonyms and Antonyms of vagabonds

1 a homeless wanderer who may beg or steal for a living

be wary of the vagabonds in that corner of the city

Synonyms of vagabonds

bindle stiffs, bums, bummers, hoboes (also hobos), sundowners [Australian], swaggies [chiefly Australian], swagmen [chiefly Australian], tramps, vagrants

Words Related to vagabonds

drifters, roamers, transients

beggars, derelicts, mendicants, panhandlers, stiffs

dodgers, malingerers, shirkers, slackers

gamines, ragamuffins, urchins, waifs

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 of vagabonds

drifters, gadabouts, gypsies, knockabouts, maunderers, nomads, ramblers, roamers, rovers, strollers, wanderers, wayfarers

Words Related to vagabonds

laggards, stragglers

lingerers, loiterers, sojourners

bums, hoboes (also hobos), tramps

passengers, sightseers, travelers (or travellers)

migrants, transients, vagrants

amblers, saunterers

Phrases Synonymous with vagabonds

birds of passage

Near Antonyms of vagabonds

denizens, dwellers, habitants, inhabitants, residents, settlers

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