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English adjective: vagabond | |||
| 1. | vagabond wandering aimlessly without ties to a place or community | ||
| Samples | Led a vagabond life. A rootless wanderer. | ||
| Synonyms | rootless | ||
| Similar | unsettled | ||
| Antonyms | settled | ||
| 2. | vagabond continually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another | ||
| Samples | A drifting double-dealer. The floating population. Vagrant hippies of the sixties. | ||
| Synonyms | aimless, drifting, floating, vagrant | ||
| Similar | unsettled | ||
| Antonyms | settled | ||
English noun: vagabond | |||
| 1. | vagabond (object) anything that resembles a vagabond in having no fixed place | ||
| Samples | Pirate ships were vagabonds of the sea. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | object, physical object | ||
| 2. | vagabond (person) a wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of support | ||
| Synonyms | drifter, floater, vagrant | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | bird of passage, have-not, poor person, roamer, rover, wanderer | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | beachcomber, bum, hobo, sundowner, tramp | ||
English verb: vagabond | |||
| 1. | vagabond (motion) move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment | ||
| Samples | The gypsies roamed the woods. Roving vagabonds. The wandering Jew. The cattle roam across the prairie. The laborers drift from one town to the next. They rolled from town to town. | ||
| Synonyms | cast, drift, ramble, range, roam, roll, rove, stray, swan, tramp, wander | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Something is ----ing PP. Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | go, locomote, move, travel | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | gad, gallivant, jazz around, maunder | ||
| Verb group | drift, err, stray, wander | ||
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