Vagabond

//ˈvæ.ɡə.bɑnd//

Synonyms for "vagabond" (227 found)

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Closest matches (46)

Noun(12 words)

vagrant clochard drifter floater hobo bum casual derelict dero down-and-out down-and-outer epithite

vagrant aimless ambulatory arab bat around beach bum beachcomber beggar beggarly fellow bird of passage blighter bo bowery bum budmash bum bummer caitiff canter circumforaneous count ties

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derelict devil discursive divagate divagatory dogie drift drifter drifting drunkard

Adjective(2 words)

aimless drifting

Verb(2 words)

cast drift

Strong matches (68)

Related words (113)

perambulatory peregrinate pererrate peripatetic piker pilgarlic poor creature poor devil prowl ragamuffin ragman ragpicker ramble rambling range ranging roadster roam roaming roll

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Noun(21 words)

pike piker ranger rogue rolling stone rough sleeper scatterling skelder skell stiff stroller stumblebum swaggie swagman toerag tramp truant waif wanderer wino

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yagger

Verb(9 words)

ramble range roam roll rove stray swan tramp wander

Adjective(2 words)

rootless vagrant

Adjective(3 words)

unpredictable vague wayward

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

7 relation types

More general

14 entries

bird of passage go have-not locomote move object person physical object poor person roamer rover travel traveller wanderer

More specific

10 entries

Children dimber damber gamin gamine guttersnipe solivagant street child street urchin sturdy beggar upright man

Synonyms

4 entries

aimless roll rootless vagrant

Related terms

5 entries

beggar extravagant idler pauper vague

is a

2 entries

object person

related to

4 entries

extravagant hobo roam vagrant

similar

5 entries

drift err stray unsettled wander

Translations

120 translations across 39 languages.

Albanian

1 entries

fatndjekës noun (a person on a trip of indeterminate destination and/or length of time)

Ancient Greek

1 entries

ἀλήτης noun (a bum, a hobo, a tramp, a homeless person)

Bengali

1 entries

ভ্যাগাবন্ড্ noun (a bum, a hobo, a tramp, a homeless person)

Bulgarian

4 entries

скитнически adj (Floating about)
бездо́мник noun (a bum, a hobo, a tramp, a homeless person)
клоша́р noun (a bum, a hobo, a tramp, a homeless person)
ски́тник noun (a bum, a hobo, a tramp, a homeless person)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries

流浪漢 /流浪汉 noun (a bum, a hobo, a tramp, a homeless person)
浪人 noun (a person on a trip of indeterminate destination and/or length of time)

Coptic

1 entries

ⲥⲁⲣⲁⲕⲱϯ noun (a person on a trip of indeterminate destination and/or length of time)

Crimean Tatar

2 entries

bıralqı noun (a bum, a hobo, a tramp, a homeless person)
bıralqılamaq verb (to roam as a vagabond)

Czech

2 entries

tulák noun (a person on a trip of indeterminate destination and/or length of time)
vagabund noun (a person on a trip of indeterminate destination and/or length of time)

Danish

4 entries

landevejsridder noun (a person on a trip of indeterminate destination and/or length of time)
landevejsridder noun (a bum, a hobo, a tramp, a homeless person)
landstryger noun (a bum, a hobo, a tramp, a homeless person)
stodder noun (a bum, a hobo, a tramp, a homeless person)

Dutch

4 entries

vagebond noun (a person on a trip of indeterminate destination and/or length of time)
vagebond noun (a bum, a hobo, a tramp, a homeless person)
zwerver noun (a person on a trip of indeterminate destination and/or length of time)
zwerver noun (a bum, a hobo, a tramp, a homeless person)

Esperanto

3 entries

vagabondo noun (a person on a trip of indeterminate destination and/or length of time)
vagulo noun (a bum, a hobo, a tramp, a homeless person)
vagi verb (to roam as a vagabond)

Finnish

4 entries

asunnoton noun (a bum, a hobo, a tramp, a homeless person)
irtolainen noun (a bum, a hobo, a tramp, a homeless person)
kulkuri noun (a person on a trip of indeterminate destination and/or length of time)
kulkuri noun (a bum, a hobo, a tramp, a homeless person)

French

4 entries

vagabond noun (a person on a trip of indeterminate destination and/or length of time)
vagabond noun (a bum, a hobo, a tramp, a homeless person)
vagabonde noun (a person on a trip of indeterminate destination and/or length of time)
vagabonde noun (a bum, a hobo, a tramp, a homeless person)

Georgian

4 entries

მაწანწალა noun (a person on a trip of indeterminate destination and/or length of time)
მაწანწალა noun (a bum, a hobo, a tramp, a homeless person)
მოხეტიალე noun (a person on a trip of indeterminate destination and/or length of time)
მოხეტიალე noun (a bum, a hobo, a tramp, a homeless person)

German

4 entries

Landstreicher noun (a person on a trip of indeterminate destination and/or length of time)
Landstreicher noun (a bum, a hobo, a tramp, a homeless person)
Landstreicherin noun (a person on a trip of indeterminate destination and/or length of time)
Landstreicherin noun (a bum, a hobo, a tramp, a homeless person)

Hindi

1 entries

आवारा noun (a person on a trip of indeterminate destination and/or length of time)

Hungarian

2 entries

csavargó noun (a bum, a hobo, a tramp, a homeless person)
vándor noun (a person on a trip of indeterminate destination and/or length of time)

Icelandic

2 entries

umrenningur noun (a person on a trip of indeterminate destination and/or length of time)
umrenningur noun (a bum, a hobo, a tramp, a homeless person)

Indonesian

2 entries

pengembara noun (a person on a trip of indeterminate destination and/or length of time)
tunawisma noun (a bum, a hobo, a tramp, a homeless person)

Japanese

4 entries

放浪者 noun (a person on a trip of indeterminate destination and/or length of time)
放浪者 noun (a bum, a hobo, a tramp, a homeless person)
風来坊 noun (a person on a trip of indeterminate destination and/or length of time)
風来坊 noun (a bum, a hobo, a tramp, a homeless person)

Latin

2 entries

errō noun (a bum, a hobo, a tramp, a homeless person)
planus noun (a bum, a hobo, a tramp, a homeless person)

Lower Sorbian

2 entries

dundak noun (a person on a trip of indeterminate destination and/or length of time)
dundak noun (a bum, a hobo, a tramp, a homeless person)

Macedonian

4 entries

бе́здомник noun (a bum, a hobo, a tramp, a homeless person)
ски́талец noun (a person on a trip of indeterminate destination and/or length of time)
ски́тник noun (a person on a trip of indeterminate destination and/or length of time)
ски́тник noun (a bum, a hobo, a tramp, a homeless person)

Māori

4 entries

kōripi noun (a bum, a hobo, a tramp, a homeless person)
tipiwhenua noun (a person on a trip of indeterminate destination and/or length of time)
tipiwhenua noun (a bum, a hobo, a tramp, a homeless person)
tipiwhenua verb (to roam as a vagabond)

Navajo

1 entries

naʼałjidí noun (a bum, a hobo, a tramp, a homeless person)

Norman

2 entries

paillard noun (a bum, a hobo, a tramp, a homeless person)
vacâbond noun (a bum, a hobo, a tramp, a homeless person)

Persian

1 entries

ولگرد noun (a bum, a hobo, a tramp, a homeless person)

Polish

4 entries

wagabunda noun (a person on a trip of indeterminate destination and/or length of time)
włóczykij noun (a person on a trip of indeterminate destination and/or length of time)
włóczęga noun (a person on a trip of indeterminate destination and/or length of time)
włóczęga noun (a bum, a hobo, a tramp, a homeless person)

Portuguese

2 entries

andarilho noun (a bum, a hobo, a tramp, a homeless person)
vagabundo noun (a person on a trip of indeterminate destination and/or length of time)

Romanian

3 entries

vagabond noun (a person on a trip of indeterminate destination and/or length of time)
vagabond noun (a bum, a hobo, a tramp, a homeless person)
vagabonda verb (to roam as a vagabond)

Russian

4 entries

бомж noun (a bum, a hobo, a tramp, a homeless person)
бродя́га noun (a bum, a hobo, a tramp, a homeless person)
скита́лец noun (a person on a trip of indeterminate destination and/or length of time)
стра́нник noun (a person on a trip of indeterminate destination and/or length of time)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

lutalica noun (a person on a trip of indeterminate destination and/or length of time)
skitnica noun (a bum, a hobo, a tramp, a homeless person)
tumaralo noun (a bum, a hobo, a tramp, a homeless person)
vagabund noun (a bum, a hobo, a tramp, a homeless person)

Spanish

2 entries

vagabundo noun (a person on a trip of indeterminate destination and/or length of time)
vagabundo noun (a bum, a hobo, a tramp, a homeless person)

Swedish

4 entries

landstrykare noun (a bum, a hobo, a tramp, a homeless person)
luffare noun (a bum, a hobo, a tramp, a homeless person)
vagabond noun (a person on a trip of indeterminate destination and/or length of time)
luffa verb (to roam as a vagabond)

Telugu

1 entries

జులాయి noun (a person on a trip of indeterminate destination and/or length of time)

Turkish

3 entries

avare noun (a person on a trip of indeterminate destination and/or length of time)
aylak noun (a person on a trip of indeterminate destination and/or length of time)
başıboş noun (a person on a trip of indeterminate destination and/or length of time)

Ukrainian

2 entries

бродяга noun (a bum, a hobo, a tramp, a homeless person)
волоцюга noun (a bum, a hobo, a tramp, a homeless person)

Volapük

3 entries

gliban noun (a bum, a hobo, a tramp, a homeless person)
higliban noun (a bum, a hobo, a tramp, a homeless person)
jigliban noun (a bum, a hobo, a tramp, a homeless person)

Welsh

2 entries

crwydryn noun (a person on a trip of indeterminate destination and/or length of time)
gŵr ar gylch noun (a bum, a hobo, a tramp, a homeless person)

Sample sentences

10 total sentences available.

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The vagabond, when rich, is called a tourist.

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He led a vagabond life.

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When thou shalt till it, it shall not yield to thee its fruit: a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be upon the earth.

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Behold thou dost cast me out this day from the face of the earth, and from thy face I shall be hid, and I shall be a vagabond and a fugitive on the earth: every one therefore that findeth me, shall kill me.

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