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noun

ˈnō-ˌmad How to pronounce nomad (audio)
Definition of nomadnext
as in wanderer
a person who roams about without a fixed route or destination after college she became quite the nomad, backpacking through Europe with no particular destination

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nomad

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adjective

as in nomadic
traveling from place to place nomad caravans of Bedouins

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Noun
View gallery - 9 images With its modest length of just 6 m (20 ft), the Mini tiny house could be a good fit for would-be nomads. — Adam Williams july 23, New Atlas, 24 July 2026 The titular nomad needed, perhaps, an actor with a little more mischief and roguishness to sell his transformation from conman to folk hero (Harrison Ford, 55 at the time, may have been a good alternative). — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 3 July 2026
Adjective
Dinners take place in traditional nomad tents around the communal fire pit, and range from steaming hot pots with yak meat, mushrooms and tofu to haute-Tibetan tasting menus with wild vegetables in corn foam, tsampa grissini, and lamb shoulder with yak yogurt glaze and salsa verde. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Apr. 2026 New this season are nomad-style cooking workshops, starlit movies for younger campers, and sunrise hawk walks. — Katharina Kotrba, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for nomad
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nomad
  1. wanderer
  2. nomadic
  3. traveler
  4. drifter
  5. vagabond
Noun
  • My eight women are divided into wanderers, rebels, explorers, and mentors.
    — Anne E. Fernald, Literary Hub, 19 Aug. 2026
  • The constant wanderer’s favorite place to jet off to is Italy, especially Rome, which inspired the name of her 4-year-old daughter.
    — Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of wanderer
Adjective
  • Anna Shaverni, a 25-year-old nomadic traveler who's visited 38 countries in three years, experienced it in Japan.
    — Christopher Elliott, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Rome works remotely, and the couple have been living a nomadic lifestyle without a house or a car of their own for over 16 years.
    — Scott Laird, Travel + Leisure, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of nomadic
Noun
  • The space also transforms to help travelers get the most out of their trip.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 2 Sep. 2026
  • The southern Sinai peninsula is a popular tourist destination, with many travelers visiting the region to snorkel and dive in the Red Sea, the outlet reported.
    — Gina Kalsi, PEOPLE, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of traveler
Noun
  • The stakes are as jacked as Reacher’s biceps in the fourth installment of the series, which finds the heroic drifter at the center of a sprawling conspiracy involving terrorism, government agencies, and powerful political figures.
    — Britt Hayes, Entertainment Weekly, 17 Aug. 2026
  • According to Rouse, the album grew out of observations gathered while traveling, with its songs populated by drifters, dreamers and fleeting encounters that blur the line between fiction and autobiography.
    — SPIN Staff, SPIN, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of drifter
Noun
  • Anyway, no longer satisfied with making sure that the theatrical trains run on time, Anna is a national parks vagabond, going from job to job, never laying down roots.
    — Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 6 Aug. 2026
  • His divorces ultimately left him scrambling for stability and turned him into a kind of moneyed vagabond, living out of suitcases.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 22 May 2026
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