vagabond :: Lexipedia - Where words have meaning

n. a wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of support

cast, ramble, swan, stray, range, drift, wander, roam, rove

v. move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment; "The gypsies roamed the woods"; "roving vagabonds"; "the wandering Jew"; "The cattle roam across the prairie"; "the laborers drift from one town to the next"; "They rolled from town to town"

rootless

adj. wandering aimlessly without ties to a place or community; "led a vagabond life"; "a rootless wanderer"

drifting, vagrant, floating, footloose, aimless

adj. continually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another; "a drifting double-dealer"; "the floating population"; "vagrant hippies of the sixties"

beggar, mendicant

n. a pauper who lives by begging

itinerant, peripatetic

n. a person who walks from place to place

traveler, traveller

n. a person who changes location

Romany, gypsy, gipsy, Rommany

n. a member of a people with dark skin and hair who speak Romany and who traditionally live by seasonal work and fortunetelling; they are believed to have originated in northern India but now are living on all continents (but mostly in Europe, North Africa, and North America)

rambler

n. a person who takes long walks in the country

stray, digress, divagate, wander

v. lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or speaking; "She always digresses when telling a story"; "her mind wanders"; "Don't digress when you give a lecture"

spread, broadcast, propagate, circulate, disperse, circularize, circularise, distribute, disseminate, diffuse, pass around

v. cause to become widely known; "spread information"; "circulate a rumor"; "broadcast the news"

hit, make, reach, gain, get to, arrive at, attain, get through to

v. reach a destination, either real or abstract; "We hit Detroit by noon"; "The water reached the doorstep"; "We barely made it to the finish line"; "I have to hit the MAC machine before the weekend starts"

deviate, divert

v. turn aside; turn away from

march, hike

v. walk a long way, as for pleasure or physical exercise; "We were hiking in Colorado"; "hike the Rockies"

shlep, traipse

v. walk or tramp about

bend, deflect, turn away

v. turn from a straight course , fixed direction, or line of interest

twist, turn in the opposite direction

v. turn in the opposite direction; "twist one's head"

amble, mosey

v. walk leisurely

promenade, stroll

v. take a walk

saunter, stroll

v. walk leisurely and with no apparent aim

tramp, travel on foot

v. travel on foot, especially on a walking expedition; "We went tramping about the state of Colorado"

scatter, break up, disperse

v. cause to separate; "break up kidney stones"; "disperse particles"

stray, sidetrack, digress, depart, straggle

v. wander from a direct or straight course

move apart, diverge, draw apart

v. move or draw apart; "The two paths diverge here"

trek, go trekking

v. go trekking

road, traveling, travelling, touring, itinerant, peripatetic

adj. working for a short time in different places; "itinerant laborers"; "a road show"; "traveling salesman"; "touring company"

drifting, vagrant, vagabond, floating, footloose, aimless

adj. continually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another; "a drifting double-dealer"; "the floating population"; "vagrant hippies of the sixties"

wandering, erratic, planetary

adj. having no fixed course; "an erratic comet"; "his life followed a wandering course"; "a planetary vagabond"

homeless, stateless

adj. without nationality or citizenship; "stateless persons"

migrant, migratory

adj. habitually moving from place to place especially in search of seasonal work; "appalled by the social conditions of migrant life"; "migratory workers"

wandering, roving, peregrine, mobile, nomadic

adj. (of groups of people) tending to travel and change settlements frequently; "a restless mobile society"; "the nomadic habits of the Bedouins"; "believed the profession of a peregrine typist would have a happy future"; "wandering tribes"

peripatetic, wayfaring

adj. traveling especially on foot; "peripatetic country preachers"; "a poor wayfaring stranger"

unlocated

adj. lacking a particular location