rover
- noun
- /ˈroʊvər/
- You know most rovers are in packs now, and I'm not that young anymore.
- rover, wanderer
- rover, wanderer, nomad, vagabond
- rover, wanderer, nomad
Examples
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Now he's a rover.
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I've always said that l was a rover
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Guys sitting home by a television set Who used to be something of a rover
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One lonely Rover waiting for friends to arrive.
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Give him the word that l'm not a rover...
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Sometimes you're just as ignorant as any other common rover.
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Palmstroem, old, an aimless rover, walking in the wrong direction at a busy intersection, is run over.
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The traveler was known as a rover, always exploring new towns and meeting new people.
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As a lifelong rover, she cherished the freedom of never having a permanent address.
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Every summer, he became a rover, journeying through different states and experiencing their cultures.
Synonyms
A person who moves from place to place and has no permanent home or steady job
A person who moves from place to place to find food or work
A person who travels without a fixed home or purpose
A person who moves from place to place without staying long
Living from place to place without a fixed home
A person who moves from place to place and does not settle
Antonyms
Compounds
How Wandering
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Rover comes from the verb rove, meaning 'to wander' or 'move from place to place', and is like the word roam. So a rover is a person who does not have a fixed home but moves around instead of staying in one place.