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vagabond

vagabond

7.8
Living from place to place without a fixed home
  • adjective
  • /ˈvæɡəˌbɑnd/
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  • Living a vagabond life, she traveled across Europe, never staying in one place for long.

His muscle bound cousin was a Vagabond naturalist.

Examples

  • "In October 1907, the provincial, middle-class boy left home for Vienna, where he was to remain until 1913, leading a bohemian, vagabond existence.

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  • Combine a volatile, vagabond coach with a crazed fan base, and I seriously doubt that Nick Saban will be coaching the Crimson Tide in 2017.

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  • Were they at all worried about you doing something quite so Vagabond as being an actor?

  • He enjoyed the vagabond lifestyle, hopping from city to city with just a backpack.

  • After years of feeling trapped, Mark embraced a vagabond existence, exploring new places each month.

Synonyms

nomadic
vsvagabond
22 4.9

People who move from place to place instead of living in one home

focuses on an individual's ongoing unsettled living rather than group patterns
aimless
vsvagabond
13 3.6

Not having a clear goal or plan

describes moving lifestyle without a fixed home rather than lack of purpose
rootless
vsvagabond
5 6.4

Having no permanent home or close ties to a place

describes active moving lifestyle rather than loss of social connections
vagrant
vsvagabond
2 7.5

Moving often from one place or job to another

refers more narrowly to a repeated moving lifestyle tied to lacking home
roving
vsvagabond
2 4.1

Moving from place to place without a fixed home

describes a long lasting unsettled lifestyle rather than brief travel
wandering
vsvagabond
3.9

Moving from place to place rather than living in one place

refers to a long term unsettled lifestyle rather than a single move
like a rolling stone
vsvagabond
  • Informal
8.2

A person who moves from place to place, never staying long

is a neutral general term rather than a colloquial expression
drifting
vsvagabond
3.7

Not staying in one place or job for long

describes an ongoing unsettled lifestyle rather than short purposeless changes
floating
vsvagabond
3.4

Not fixed in one place and often moving

focuses on a person with no permanent home rather than general movement

How Nomadic

nomadic
22 4.9
vagabond
7.8
wandering
6 3.4
mobile
81 2.7
settled
2.7

Surface Forms

vagabond positive

Etymology

Vagabond as an adjective comes from the old Latin vagari 'to wander', which also gives us the word vagrant. So a vagabond life describes a wandering, unsettled way of living.