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- pronunciation:
- vae
g
band
- parts of speech:
- adjective, noun
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
having no permanent home; wandering from place to place; nomadic.
These vagabond traders made a few stops in the town each year.- synonyms:
- homeless, migrant, migratory, nomadic, vagrant
- similar words:
- bohemian, fugitive, itinerant, peripatetic, rambling, roaming, roving, transient, unsettled, wandering, wayfaring
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| definition 2: |
leading a carefree or idle life.
The vagabond youths traveled across the country, enjoying their freedom until their money ran out.- synonyms:
- carefree, idle
- similar words:
- footloose, frivolous, lax, loose, unrestrained, unsettled, wanton
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| definition 3: |
unable to cope with responsibility; shiftless; careless.
He complains that his "vagabond son" still hasn't found himself a job.- synonyms:
- careless, irresponsible, lazy, shiftless, sluggard
- similar words:
- derelict, do-nothing, fainéant, fly-by-night, ne'er-do-well, negligent, otiose, remiss, slothful, unenterprising, unreliable
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| related words: |
vagrant |
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
one who lacks a permanent home and wanders from place to place; nomad.
The vagabonds camped at the edge of the city.- synonyms:
- nomad, vagrant
- similar words:
- bohemian, gypsy, homeless, itinerant, migrant, peripatetic, roamer, tramp, transient, wanderer, wayfarer
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| definition 2: |
a person who has no obvious means of support or who wanders between occasional jobs; drifter; vagrant.
Judging from his torn and dirty clothes, she nearly mistook her uncle for vagabond.- synonyms:
- drifter, floater, tramp, vagrant
- similar words:
- beachcomber, beggar, bum, derelict, hobo, migrant, panhandler
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| definition 3: |
one who is unable to cope with responsibility; idler; loafer.
He spent his youth as a vagabond, rarely working and always sponging off his friends.- synonyms:
- do-nothing, fainéant, idler, loafer, sluggard
- similar words:
- bum, deadbeat, fly-by-night, good-for-nothing, goof-off, ne'er-do-well, shirker, slouch, slugabed
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| related words: |
fugitive, outcast, vagrant |
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| derivation: |
vagabondish (adj.) |
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