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8.1
To travel from place to place and live without a fixed home
  • verb
  • /ˈvæɡəˌbɑndɪŋ/
: vagabundear
  • After college, she spent a year vagabonding through Southeast Asia with just a backpack.

Examples

  • Many people dream of vagabonding across Europe, exploring new cities without a set plan.

  • After college, they decided to vagabond for a year.

  • He wrote a blog about his experiences vagabonding and meeting people from all walks of life.

  • She loves vagabonding across Europe.

  • After college, she spent a year vagabonding through Southeast Asia with just a backpack.

  • Many people dream of vagabonding across Europe, exploring new cities without a set plan.

  • He wrote a blog about his experiences vagabonding and meeting people from all walks of life.

Synonyms

living out of a suitcase
vsto vagabonding
  • Informal
2 6.5

Traveling a lot and staying in temporary places, rarely unpacking

emphasizes long-term living without a permanent home rather than brief travel
roving
vsto vagabonding
2 4.1

Moving from place to place without a fixed home

stresses long periods living this way rather than brief moves
roaming freely
vsto vagabonding
2 3.7

To move around without fences or other limits

implies lacking a permanent home for extended periods rather than casual movement
wandering
vsto vagabonding
3.9

Moving from place to place rather than living in one place

implies longer-term travel and often living without a permanent home
to hobo
vsto vagabonding
  • Archaic
8.4

To travel and live without a permanent home, moving from place to place

does not add the sense of joblessness or a social role

Antonyms

463 2.5

To live in a place, often for a long time

How Nomadic

to vagabonding
8.1
to roam
189 2.5
to backpack
14 2.8
to travel
∞ 1.0
to visit
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

vagabonding infinitive
vagabonded past
vagabonded past participle
vagabonding present participle
vagabonds third person singular

Morphology

vagabonding = vagabond (transparent) = vagabond + ing

Standard present-participle/gerund formation from the verb 'vagabond' indicating ongoing action.

Etymology

Vagabonding shares the root vag- with words like vagrant and the Latin vagari 'to wander'. That's why to vagabond or to be vagabonding is to travel and live from place to place without a permanent home.