The members of these nomadic tribes were skilled archers and riders; they were able to attack and run away as fast as the wind.
Source: tatoeba (3387214)
Nomadic
//nəʊˈmæd.ɪk//
Synonyms for "nomadic" (52 found)
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Closest matches (11)
Strong matches (15)
Adjective(8 words)
Adjective(1 words)
Related words (26)
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6 entriesderived from
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1 entriesrelated to
11 entriessimilar
2 entriesTranslations
72 translations across 32 languages.
Arabic
4 entries- بَدَوِيّ adj (of or relating to itinerant herdsmen)
- جَوَّال adj (of or relating to any habitually wandering person)
- رَحَّال adj (of or relating to any habitually wandering person)
- مُتَنَقِّل adj (of or relating to any habitually wandering person)
Armenian
1 entries- քոչվորական adj (of or relating to itinerant herdsmen)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- köçəri adj (of or relating to itinerant herdsmen)
Belarusian
4 entries- вандро́ўны adj (of or relating to itinerant herdsmen)
- качавы́ adj (of or relating to itinerant herdsmen)
- качэ́ўны adj (of or relating to itinerant herdsmen)
- качэ́ўніцкі adj (of or relating to itinerant herdsmen)
Bulgarian
2 entries- нома́дски adj (of or relating to itinerant herdsmen)
- ски́тнически adj (of or relating to any habitually wandering person)
Catalan
2 entries- nòmada adj (of or relating to itinerant herdsmen)
- nòmada adj (of or relating to any habitually wandering person)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- کۆچەری adj (of or relating to itinerant herdsmen)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 游牧 adj (of or relating to itinerant herdsmen)
Czech
4 entries- kočovný adj (of or relating to itinerant herdsmen)
- kočovný adj (of or relating to any habitually wandering person)
- nomádský adj (of or relating to itinerant herdsmen)
- nomádský adj (of or relating to any habitually wandering person)
Danish
1 entries- nomadisk adj (of or relating to itinerant herdsmen)
Dutch
1 entries- nomadisch adj (of or relating to itinerant herdsmen)
Esperanto
1 entries- nomada adj (of or relating to itinerant herdsmen)
Finnish
3 entries- kiertelevä adj (of or relating to any habitually wandering person)
- liikkuva adj (of or relating to any habitually wandering person)
- paimentolais adj (of or relating to itinerant herdsmen)
French
2 entries- nomade adj (of or relating to itinerant herdsmen)
- nomade adj (of or relating to any habitually wandering person)
Galician
1 entries- nómade adj (of or relating to itinerant herdsmen)
German
3 entries- Nomaden adj (of or relating to itinerant herdsmen)
- nomadisch adj (of or relating to itinerant herdsmen)
- nomadisch adj (of or relating to any habitually wandering person)
Hungarian
1 entries- nomád adj (of or relating to itinerant herdsmen)
Italian
1 entries- nomade adj (of or relating to itinerant herdsmen)
Lithuanian
1 entries- klajokliškas adj (of or relating to itinerant herdsmen)
Macedonian
1 entries- номадски adj (of or relating to itinerant herdsmen)
Māori
2 entries- kānekeneke adj (of or relating to any habitually wandering person)
- kōkewa adj (of or relating to any habitually wandering person)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- nomadisk adj (of or relating to itinerant herdsmen)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- nomadisk adj (of or relating to itinerant herdsmen)
Old English
1 entries- simelfarende adj (of or relating to itinerant herdsmen)
Polish
4 entries- koczowniczy adj (of or relating to itinerant herdsmen)
- koczowniczy adj (of or relating to any habitually wandering person)
- nomadyczny adj (of or relating to itinerant herdsmen)
- nomadyczny adj (of or relating to any habitually wandering person)
Portuguese
4 entries- nomádico adj (of or relating to itinerant herdsmen)
- nomádico adj (of or relating to any habitually wandering person)
- nómada adj (of or relating to itinerant herdsmen)
- nómada adj (of or relating to any habitually wandering person)
Russian
4 entries- коче́внический adj (of or relating to itinerant herdsmen)
- кочево́й adj (of or relating to itinerant herdsmen)
- кочево́й adj (of or relating to any habitually wandering person)
- кочу́ющий adj (of or relating to any habitually wandering person)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- nòmadskī adj (of or relating to itinerant herdsmen)
- но̀мадскӣ adj (of or relating to itinerant herdsmen)
Slovak
3 entries- kočovnícky adj (of or relating to itinerant herdsmen)
- kočovný adj (of or relating to itinerant herdsmen)
- nomádsky adj (of or relating to itinerant herdsmen)
Slovene
1 entries- nomadski adj (of or relating to itinerant herdsmen)
Spanish
4 entries- nomádico adj (of or relating to any habitually wandering person)
- nómada adj (of or relating to itinerant herdsmen)
- nómada adj (of or relating to any habitually wandering person)
- nómade adj (of or relating to itinerant herdsmen)
Ukrainian
4 entries- кочови́й adj (of or relating to itinerant herdsmen)
- кочівни́й adj (of or relating to itinerant herdsmen)
- кочівни́цький adj (of or relating to itinerant herdsmen)
- мандрі́вний adj (of or relating to itinerant herdsmen)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
In other parts of the world, decreased rain and snowfall, drought and warming temperatures are diminishing water resources and complicating daily life for nomadic and agricultural communities.
Source: tatoeba (7011468)
Nomadic peoples follow the water and grazing land.
Source: tatoeba (7011469)
Algeria has nomadic tribes.
Source: tatoeba (7861336)
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