as in nomadic
traveling from place to place
bands of vagrant children in the streets of the impoverished city
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as in beggar
a homeless wanderer who may beg or steal for a living
vagrants sleeping in cardboard boxes on the sidewalk
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as in bum
an idle worthless person
the vagrants who are a familiar sight at the city's bus terminal
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Recent Examples of vagrant
Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 2 Jan. 2025
Scientists offer a range of explanations for why vagrant birds may drift so far away from their typical habitats.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 2 May 2024
Tom Condon, Hartford Courant, 29 July 2024
The New York Police Department arrested a vagrant, Xavier Israel, in the assault.
—Kimberly Nordyke, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 May 2024
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Adjective
The vagrant bird could have wandered off course in search of other members of its species or it may have been displaced by extreme weather, ornithology experts told the outlet.
—Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 2 Jan. 2025
Scientists offer a range of explanations for why vagrant birds may drift so far away from their typical habitats.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 2 May 2024
Noun
The structures endured water damage and were invaded by vagrants, vandals and even ghost hunters.
—Tom Condon, Hartford Courant, 29 July 2024
The New York Police Department arrested a vagrant, Xavier Israel, in the assault.
—Kimberly Nordyke, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 May 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vagrant
Adjective
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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
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Mongolia’s vast steppes and nomadic heritage have long shaped the rhythms of life.—
Munkhtuya Rentsenbat,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
Noun
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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
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Got a lot of mountains to climb, had to leave some beggars behind.—
Ilana Kaplan,
PEOPLE,
5 Sep. 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
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This is still proudly beach bum territory.—
Nicholas DeRenzo,
AFAR Media,
16 Sep. 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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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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What Hicks longs to do, in the face of these multidirectional threats to life and liberty, is persuade April to run away with him, hitchhiking from Wisconsin to who knows where, like a pair of Depression-era hoboes, out of range of anyone who wishes them ill.—
Kathryn Schulz,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
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In Commonweal a Berrigan brother wrote from jail of the hopeful solidarity among his Black cellmates; Catholic Worker newspapers, their cheap ink faded by an afternoon of sunlight, described finding Christ among tramps on the breadline and exhorted readers to join Him.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
19 Aug. 2025
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Daniels’ first foray into the horror genre shot to No. 1 on Netflix after dropping Aug. 30, which may have a little bit — or a whole lot — to do with Close, who clearly had the time of her life playing a tramp named Alberta.—
Lynette Rice,
Deadline,
2 Sep. 2024
Noun
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He was placed on waivers and claimed by the Cubs in August 1958, setting off a vagabond career in the big leagues.—
Jon Paul Hoornstra,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Sep. 2025
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Strait is a veteran of the genre known for his vagabond anthems and sweet love songs.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA Today,
13 Aug. 2025
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But even in an industry this transient there are some things that will never change, and Gur’s rare combination of commercial nous and creative flair are guaranteed to be on trend, year after year.—
Nina-Sophia Miralles,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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Recently unearthed clues suggest that a number of people, including survivors of the disaster as well as transients, returned to live among the ruins after the eruption, based on discoveries made during ongoing excavations of the Archaeological Park of Pompeii in southern Italy.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
14 Aug. 2025
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“Vagrant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vagrant. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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