drifternoun [ C ]
uk/ˈdrɪf.tər/us/ˈdrɪf.tɚ/disapprovingdrifter noun [ C ] (person)
someone who does not have a permanent home or job and moves from one place to another or from one job to another
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Travellers & visitors
- a rolling stone (gathers no moss) idiom
- backpacker
- carpool
- commuter
- daily passenger
- fare
- flyer
- frequent flier
- hitchhike
- hobo
- holidaymaker
- office-goer
- passenger
- peripatetic
- pilgrim
- pioneer
- tinker
- tourist office
- vacationer
- visitor
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drifter noun [ C ] (boat)
a boat for catching fish in nets that float behind it
Examples from literature
- A casual town, created by drifters, and void of settled purpose.
- For she was a child still—only twenty, but she had been in the 'show business' since she was a motherless, fatherless little drifter of sixteen....
- I'm a drifter, sort of.
- I'm not just a lounger, a drifter.
- What did she care about any of the people about them, aimless, pleasure-hunting drifters like themselves.