'Nomad' definitions:
Definition of 'nomad'
From: WordNet
noun
A member of a people who have no permanent home but move about according to the seasons
Definition of 'Nomad'
From: GCIDE
- Nomad \Nom"ad\, a. Roving; nomadic. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Nomad'
From: GCIDE
- Nomad \Nom"ad\, n. [L. nomas, -adis, Gr. ?, ?, pasturing, roaming without fixed home, fr. ? a pasture, allotted abode, fr. ? to distribute, allot, drive to pasture; prob. akin to AS. niman to take, and E. nimble: cf. F. nomade. Cf. Astronomy, Economy, Nimble, Nemesis, Numb, Number.] One of a race or tribe that has no fixed location, but wanders from place to place in search of pasture or game. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'nomad'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- Arab,
- Bedouin,
- Bohemian,
- circumforaneous,
- discursive,
- divagatory,
- drifting,
- errant,
- flitting,
- floating,
- footloose,
- footloose and fancy-free,
- fugitive,
- gadding,
- gypsy,
- gypsy-like,
- gypsyish,
- landloping,
- meandering,
- migrational,
- migratory,
- nomadic,
- rambling,
- ranging,
- roaming,
- Romany,
- roving,
- shifting,
- straggling,
- straying,
- strolling,
- traipsing,
- transient,
- transitory,
- transmigratory,
- tzigane,
- vagabond,
- vagrant,
- wandering,
- Zigeuner,
- zingaro