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Synonyms for wanderer

Most common

nomad itinerant vagabond rambler spider traveler US fugitive peregrinator

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    One who wanders, who travels aimlessly.

Related words

Is a kind of
traveller

Forms

Plural
wanderers → vagabonds, itinerants, nomads, rovers…

Example sentences

  • nomad In two nomad camps are ten horses.
  • itinerant Tom's grandparents were itinerant farm workers.
  • vagabond The vagabond, when rich, is called a tourist.
  • spider "Come into my parlor," said the spider to the fly.
  • traveler She provided the traveler with food and clothing.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
wandererrising
nomadsteady
itinerantsteady
vagabondrising
ramblerrising
spiderrising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters
bum1
4 letters
waif1
5 letters
rover2, tramp1, nomad2
6 letters
spider2, roamer
7 letters
vagrant2, rambler2, floater2, swagman
8 letters
traveler3, fugitive3, stroller2, derelict3, vagabond3
9 letters
traveller3, itinerant4, straggler2
12 letters
peregrinator

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (rover2 = 2 syllables).