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vagabonding

vagabonding

1 8.1
A lifestyle of traveling freely without a fixed home
  • noun
  • /ˈvæɡəˌbɑndɪŋ/
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  • And most importantly, he picked up a thing or two about solo travel on a dime along the way and shared those lessons with the rest of us in what many consider to be the Bible of independent travel, his book Vagabonding: An Uncommon Guide to the Art of Long-Term World Travel.

Examples

  • After leaving his job, he embraced vagabonding and traveled through several countries for two years.

  • There's already a lot written out there in this area: quitting your job, making money online, starting a business, vagabonding around the world, etc.

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  • Vagabonding, How to Be Invisible, and The Four-Hour Workweek.

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  • Finding a reasonable balance in the improvised, eccentric world of vagabonding seems to be quite the task, though I find it intellectually stimulating to at least try.

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  • There’s no shortage of websites and resources on NGOs, internet startups, marketing, expatriation, backpacking, vagabonding, etc.

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  • Of, relating to, or characteristic of a wanderer; nomadic. 2. Aimless; drifting. 3. Irregular in course or behavior; unpredictable. intr.v. vagabonded, vagabonding, vagabonds.

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  • Her love for vagabonding allowed her to experience diverse cultures while living in different cities.

  • Many people dream of vagabonding through Europe with no fixed itinerary and plenty of time to explore.

Synonyms

wandering
vsvagabonding
6 3.4

Traveling from place to place without a fixed place to go

is a sustained way of living freely and traveling long term rather than short trips
roving
vsvagabonding
2 4.1

Moving from place to place without a fixed home

is more a lasting free lifestyle of extended wandering rather than transient movement
roaming freely
vsvagabonding
2 3.7

To move around without fences or other limits

is a chosen long term way of life rather than simple unrestricted movement
peregrination
vsvagabonding
  • Literature
1 9.9

A long trip visiting many different places

is lived as an open free lifestyle not mainly planned long journeys
wayfaring
vsvagabonding
1 8.4

Traveling on foot between different places

is a prolonged living on the move and not limited to foot travel
vagabondage
vsvagabonding
  • Archaic
9.9

Moving from place to place without a home or clear purpose

is lived as a free long term travel way of life rather than aimless
nomad lifestyle
vsvagabonding
5.8

Living by traveling and not staying long in one place

focuses on freely choosing prolonged wandering as a lifestyle rather than neutral movement
nomadism
vsvagabonding
7.9

A way of life where people move seasonally to find food or grazing land

is a free travel lifestyle for personal choice rather than survival or resource needs
journeying
vsvagabonding
2.8

Moving from one place to another, often over a long distance

is a lasting way of life of free travel rather than a single planned trip

How Nomadic

nomadism
7.9
vagabonding
1 8.1
backpacking
13 3.0
tourism
132 1.3

Surface Forms

vagabonding singular
vagabondings plural

Morphology

vagabonding = vagabond (transparent) = vagabond + ing

The meaning is directly derived from the verb 'vagabond' with the productive English suffix '-ing' denoting the action or practice of wandering.

Etymology

Vagabonding comes from the old word vagabond, which goes back to the Latin vagari meaning 'to wander'. So vagabonding means living a wandering life, moving from place to place without a fixed home.