Vagrant synonyms

vā'grənt

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rover
A vagabond, a tramp, an unsteady, restless person, one who by habit doesn't settle down or marry.
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panhandler
(Informal) A beggar, esp. one who begs on the streets
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roaming
Having no home
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itinerant
Itinerant is defined as traveling from place to place, especially to perform a job.
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homeless
Having no home; without a permanent place of residence
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loafing
Having no occupation
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capricious
Characterized by or resulting from caprice, inconsistency in feeling or purpose, a whim, or an unpredictable or impulsive behavior. See also arbitrary.
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beachcombing
Having no occupation
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tramp (related)
The sound produced by heavy walking or marching.
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nomadic
Of, characteristic of, or like nomads or their way of life
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begging
Having no occupation
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idling
Having no occupation
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unemployed
Not being used; idle.
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profligate
Immoral and shameless
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prodigal
(Often followed by of or with) someone yielding profusely, lavish
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mendicant
Mendicant is defined as a person who is prone to begging or who is likely to beg.
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panhandling
Having no occupation
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bumming
Having no occupation
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mooching
Having no occupation
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erratic
Having no fixed or regular course; wandering:
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beggar
A person who begs, or asks for charity, esp. one who lives by begging; mendicant
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idler
A person who wastes time and does no work; lazy person
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loafer
(Trademark) A shoe with no laces, resembling a moccasin.
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traveling (related)
Having no home
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wandering (related)
That which wanders.
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aimless (related)
Having no aim or purpose
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rascal (related)
An unscrupulous, dishonest person; a scoundrel.
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bum
A bum is defined as a person who is lazy and does not work by choice.
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hobo
(Pejorative) A tramp, vagabond; hence bum
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rascal.--a. wandering
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roamer
One who roams.
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undesirable
A person regarded as undesirable:
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vagabond
An idle, disreputable, or shiftless person
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waif
A wanderer; a castaway; a stray; a homeless child.
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wanderer
One who wanders, who travels aimlessly.
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peripatetic
Walking or moving about; not staying in one place; itinerant
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move (related)
Leading the life of a person without a fixed domicile; moving from place to place
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drifting
Moving aimlessly or at the mercy of external forces.
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floating
The definition of floating is something that is buoyed up by water or air, or something that can fluctuate and change.
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drifter
(Nautical) A type of lightweight sail used in light winds like a spinnaker.
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floater
A person who illegally casts a vote at each of several polling places
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lunatic (related)
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pauper (related)
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Find another word for vagrant. In this page you can discover 45 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for vagrant, like: rover, panhandler, roaming, itinerant, homeless, loafing, capricious, beachcombing, tramp, nomadic and begging.
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Vagrant Sentence Examples

  • While leading this vagrant and miserable life, Johnson fell in love.

  • An able-bodied parent who does not work when he has the opportunity, unless "idle under strike orders, or lock-outs," and who hires out his minor children, is declared a vagrant and may be fined $50o and imprisoned or sentenced to hard labour for not more than six months.

  • The interior of Novaya Zemlya shows hardly a trace of animal life, save here and there a vagrant bird, a few lemmings, an ice-fox, a brown or white bear, and at times immigrant reindeer.

  • I was surprised to find that it is possible for a vagrant species to be included in the list.

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