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8.1
To travel from place to place and live without a fixed home
  • verb
  • /ˈvæɡəˌbɑndɪŋ/
translation icon : 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.