Synonyms for tramp

noun

1. A vagrant

   vagabond, vagrant, wanderer, bum, hobo, outcast, panhandler, drifter, derelict, hitchhiker, gypsy, loafer, unemployable, yegg*, rail-rider*, knight of the road*, moocher*, bo, flipper; see also beggar 1.

2. Heavy footfalls

   trample, march, stamping, stomping, treading, gallop, pounding, hoofing*, gallumphing*; see also step 1, tread.

3. A long walk, often in rough country

   hike, ramble, tour, march, turn, stroll, saunter, excursion, expedition, walking trip, stretch*, shin*, mush*; see also walk 3.

4. Prostitute

   whore, harlot, slut; see prostitute.

vagrant refers to a person without a fixed home who wanders about from place to place, with no regular means of support, and in legal usage, implies such a person regarded as a public nuisance, subject to arrest; vagabond, orig. implying shiftlessness, rascality, etc., now often connotes no more than a carefree, roaming existence; tramp, bum, and hobo are informal equivalents for the preceding, but bum always connotes an idle, dissolute, often alcoholic person who never works, tramp and hobo connote a vagrant, whether one who lives by begging or by doing odd jobs; hobo now also means a migratory laborer

verb

1. To tread heavily

   march, stamp, gallop, pound, stomp, tread, trample, trip, hop, do a jig, hoof it*, galumph around*; see also walk 1.

2. To wander afoot

   hike, stroll, ramble, tour, walk about, take a turn, go on a walking tour, explore the countryside; see also march, walk 1.