Nomadic people travel from place to place rather than living in one place all the time.
...the great nomadic tribes of the Western Sahara.
Synonyms: wandering, travelling, roaming, migrant More Synonyms of nomadic
2. adjective
If someone has a nomadic way of life, they travel from place to place and do not have a settled home.
The daughter of a railway engineer, she at first had a somewhat nomadic childhood.
nomadic in British English
(nəʊˈmædɪk)
adjective
relating to or characteristic of nomads or their way of life
Derived forms
nomadically (noˈmadically)
adverb
nomadic in American English
(noʊˈmædɪk)
adjective
of, characteristic of, or like nomads or their way of life
SIMILAR WORDS: iˈtinerant
Derived forms
nomadically (noˈmadically)
adverb
Examples of 'nomadic' in a sentence
nomadic
He is not the only one to opt for the nomadic lifestyle.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
This ability to be self-contained probably came in handy during her nomadic childhood.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
They became my nomadic tribe of choice!
The Sun (2007)
The nomadic life in part explains his success.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
You can do an overnight in a yurt and meet local nomadic people.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Partly because so much of my life has been a nomadic existence.
The Sun (2012)
Her nomadic existence had been the result.
Jan Fennell, Foreword by Monty Roberts THE DOG LISTENER: Learning the Language of your Best Friend (2002)
And their nomadic way of life appears incompatible with the realities of modern society in these crowded islands.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
He is concerned about the region because of the exploitation of its resources that is affecting the nomadic way of life.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Thank goodness for their nomadic lifestyle.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Do you live a nomadic lifestyle?
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
The difference between industrial humans and their agricultural ancestors was smaller than the step change that occurred between nomadic and agricultural lifestyles.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Cricket writers spend half their lives away from home and the nomadic existence is as lonely or fulfilling as you make it.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
The striker's nomadic life has taken him to eight clubs in less than three years.
The Sun (2013)
Other reminders of the family's nomadic life also appear.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
I had such a nomadic childhood and adult working life, modelling.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
They were the property of a nomadic tribe in the first century AD.
The Times Literary Supplement (2011)
Half a century ago, most Arabs lived in rural areas or as nomadic tribes.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
The modern era was about to arrive with its cars, oil and revolutions, the end of the nomadic way of life.
Aidan Hartley THE ZANZIBAR CHEST: A Memoir of Love and War (2003)
In other languages
nomadic
British English: nomadic ADJECTIVE
Nomadic people travel from place to place rather than living in one place all the time.
...the great nomadic tribes of the desert.
American English: nomadic
Brazilian Portuguese: nômade
Chinese: 游牧的
European Spanish: nómada
French: nomade
German: nomadisch
Italian: nomade
Japanese: 遊牧の
Korean: 유목민의
European Portuguese: nómada
Latin American Spanish: nómada
(adjective)
the nomadic tribes of the Western Sahara
Synonyms
wandering
a band of wandering musicians
travelling
troupes of travelling actors
roaming
migrant
migrant workers
pastoral
roving
itinerant
the author's experiences as an itinerant musician
migratory
a migratory farm labourer
vagrant
a vagrant hitchhiker
peripatetic
Her father was in the army and the family led a peripatetic existence.
Additional synonyms
in the sense of itinerant
Definition
working for a short time in various places
the author's experiences as an itinerant musician
Synonyms
wandering,
travelling,
journeying,
unsettled,
roaming,
roving,
nomadic,
migratory,
vagrant,
peripatetic,
vagabond,
ambulatory,
wayfaring
in the sense of migrant
Definition
moving from one place to another
migrant workers
Synonyms
itinerant,
wandering,
drifting,
roving,
travelling,
shifting,
immigrant,
transient,
nomadic,
migratory,
vagrant
in the sense of migratory
a migratory farm labourer
Synonyms
nomadic,
travelling,
wandering,
migrant,
itinerant,
unsettled,
shifting,
roving,
transient,
vagrant,
peripatetic
Synonyms of 'nomadic'
nomadic
Explore 'nomadic' in the dictionary
Additional synonyms
in the sense of peripatetic
Definition
travelling from place to place
Her father was in the army and the family led a peripatetic existence.