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View usage for: (noʊmæd) Word forms: plural nomadscountable nounA nomad is a member of a group of people who travel from place to place rather than living in one place all the time. ...a country of nomads who raise cattle and camels. Synonyms: wanderer, migrant, rover, rambler More Synonyms of nomad (ˈnəʊmæd) noun1. a member of a people or tribe who move from place to place to find pasture and food 2. a person who continually moves from place to place; wanderer Derived forms nomadism (ˈnomadism) noun Word origin C16: via French from Latin nomas wandering shepherd, from Greek; related to nemein to feed, pasture nomad in American English (ˈnoʊˌmæd) noun1. a member of a tribe or people having no permanent home, but moving about constantly in search of food, pasture, etc. 2. any wanderer who has no fixed home Derived forms nomadism (ˈnomadˌism) (ˈnoʊmædˌɪzəm) noun Word origin L nomas (gen. nomadis) < Gr, orig., roaming about for pasture < nemein, to pasture, orig., to distribute: see -nomy Examples of 'nomad' in a sentencenomad We will have a generation of digital nomads.What did this desert nomad make of that?The desert nomad has seemed the paragon of manliness.An old story tells of a desert nomad who awakened hungry in the middle of the night.In what ways could they be useful to a tribe of nomads?The most extreme example of this trend is the emergence of the digital nomad.Like any new trend the digital nomad fad is easy to glorify. British English: nomad NOUN A nomad is a member of a group of people who travel from place to place rather than living in one place all the time. ...nomads who raise cattle and camels. - American English: nomad
- Brazilian Portuguese: nódulo
- Chinese: 游牧民族
- European Spanish: nómada
- French: nomade
- German: Nomade
- Italian: nomade
- Japanese: 遊牧民
- Korean: 유목민
- European Portuguese: nódulo
- Latin American Spanish: nómada
Definition a wanderer The greater part was desert, inhabited by nomads. Additional synonymsDefinition a person who moves aimlessly from place to place an out-of-work drifter Synonyms wanderer, bum (informal), tramp (old-fashioned), itinerant (old-fashioned), vagrant, hobo (US), vagabond (old-fashioned, old-fashioned), rolling stone, bag lady, derro (Australian, slang) Definition a person or animal that moves from one place to another economic migrants and political refugees Synonyms wanderer, immigrant, traveller, rover, transient, nomad, emigrant, itinerant, drifter, vagrantDefinition a person who takes country walks A woman rambler was trampled by a herd of cows. Synonyms walker, roamer, wanderer, rover, hiker, drifter, stroller, wayfarer- noisome
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Additional synonymsHe remained at heart a rover. Synonyms wanderer, traveller, rolling stone, rambler, transient, nomad, itinerant, ranger, drifter, vagrant, stroller, bird of passage, gadabout (informal) Definition a person who travels from place to place and has no fixed home or job He had lived as a vagabond, begging for food. Synonyms vagrant, tramp (old-fashioned), bum (informal), drifter, migrant, rolling stone, wanderer, beggar, outcast, rover, nomad, itinerant, down-and-out, hobo (US), bag lady, wayfarer, dosser (British, slang), knight of the road, person of no fixed address, derro (Australian, slang) |