Synonyms for itinerant
- adjective
- noun
Definitions
- adj. 1
Habitually travelling from place to place.
an itinerant preacher or peddler
- n. 1
One who travels from place to place.
Related words
- Phrases
- itinerant worker
Forms
- Plural
- itinerants → wanderers, travelers, wayfarers, passengers…
Example sentences
- wandering Just wandering around can be a good way to travel.
- nomadic Nomadic peoples follow the water and grazing land.
- vagrant If you meet a vagrant or a beggar, it's good to give them some money.
- traveling Traveling by plane is relatively cheap in Algeria.
- touring Pietro and Rima were touring around the property.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| itinerant | steady | |
| wandering | rising | |
| nomadic | rising | |
| vagrant | steady | |
| peripatetic | rising | |
| traveling | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- gypsy2, pavee
- 6 letters
- roving2
- 7 letters
- touring2, nomadic3, vagrant2
- 8 letters
- traveler3, wanderer3, vagabond3, wayfarer
- 9 letters
- passenger3, traveling3, wandering3, traveller3, transient2, unsettled3, migratory4
- 10 letters
- locomotive4
- 11 letters
- peripatetic5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (gypsy2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- itinérant
- Italiano
- itinerante
- Español
- itinerante
- Deutsch
- obdachlos