VAGRANTS Synonyms
There are 6 hypernyms of the word vagrants. (close relations)
Best Alternative Words for VAGRANTS
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homeless | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||||
noun • someone unfortunate without housing • poor people who unfortunately do not have a home to live in adjective satellite • without nationality or citizenship • physically or spiritually homeless or deprived of security | ||||||||
beggars | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • a pauper who lives by begging verb • be beyond the resources of • reduce to beggary | ||||||||
drifters | nounn | |||||||
noun • a wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of support | ||||||||
hobos | nounn | |||||||
noun • a vagrant • a worker who moves around and works temporarily in different places | ||||||||
itinerants | nounn | |||||||
noun • a laborer who moves from place to place as demanded by employment adjective satellite • traveling from place to place to work | ||||||||
nomads | nounn | |||||||
noun • a member of a people who have no permanent home but move about according to the seasons | ||||||||
tramps | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • a vagrant • a person who engages freely in promiscuous sex • a foot traveler; someone who goes on an extended walk (for pleasure) • a heavy footfall • a commercial steamer for hire; one having no regular schedule • a long walk usually for exercise or pleasure verb • travel on foot, especially on a walking expedition • walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud • cross on foot • move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment | ||||||||
wanderers | nounn | |||||||
noun • someone who leads a wandering unsettled life • a computer program that prowls the internet looking for publicly accessible resources that can be added to a database; the database can then be searched with a search engine | ||||||||
down-and-out | adjectiveadj | |||||||
noun • a person who is destitute adjective satellite • lacking resources (or any prospect of resources) | ||||||||
drifter | nounn | |||||||
noun • a wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of support | ||||||||
hobo | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||||
noun • a vagrant • a worker who moves around and works temporarily in different places | ||||||||
itinerant | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||||
noun • a laborer who moves from place to place as demanded by employment adjective satellite • traveling from place to place to work | ||||||||
rover | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • someone who leads a wandering unsettled life • an adult member of the Boy Scouts movement | ||||||||
vagabond | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||||
noun • anything that resembles a vagabond in having no fixed place • a wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of support adjective satellite • wandering aimlessly without ties to a place or community • continually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another verb • move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment | ||||||||
aimless | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • aimlessly drifting • continually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another | ||||||||
clochard | nounn | |||||||
noun • a wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of support | ||||||||
drifting | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • aimless wandering from place to place adjective satellite • continually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another | ||||||||
floater | nounn | |||||||
noun • spots before the eyes caused by opaque cell fragments in the vitreous humor and lens • a debt instrument with a variable interest rate tied to some other interest rate (e.g. the rate paid by T-bills) • a wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of support • an employee who is reassigned from job to job as needed • a voter who votes illegally at different polling places in the same election • a swimmer who floats in the water • an object that floats or is capable of floating • an insurance policy covering loss of movable property (e.g. jewelry) regardless of its location | ||||||||
floating | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||||
noun • the act of someone who floats on the water adjective satellite • borne up by or suspended in a liquid • continually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another • inclined to move or be moved about • (of a part of the body) not firmly connected; movable or out of normal position • not definitely committed to a party or policy |