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- pronunciation:
- veI
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- parts of speech:
- noun, adjective
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun, adjective), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
one who lacks a permanent home and wanders from place to place; nomad; tramp.
Vagrants are camping under the bridge to shelter themselves from rain.- synonyms:
- nomad, tramp, vagabond
- similar words:
- drifter, floater, gypsy, hobo, itinerant, migrant, rambler, roamer, transient, wanderer, wayfarer
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| definition 2: |
in law, a person who has no obvious means of support and is therefore viewed as a public nuisance; beggar.
- synonyms:
- derelict
- similar words:
- beggar, bum, hobo, panhandler, tramp, vagabond
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| related words: |
derelict, mendicant, nomad, outcast |
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| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
wandering from place to place; having no permanent home; nomadic.
- synonyms:
- migrant, migratory, nomadic, vagabond
- similar words:
- homeless, itinerant, peripatetic, rambling, roaming, transient, wandering
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| definition 2: |
having no visible means of support, or wandering from one occasional job to another.
- similar words:
- itinerant, migrant, nomadic, transient, vagabond, wandering
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| definition 3: |
moving or growing in a random manner, as thoughts or plants.
- synonyms:
- random
- similar words:
- meandering, rambling, roaming, roving, wandering
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| related words: |
ambulatory |
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| derivation: |
vagrantly (adv.) |
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