NOMADIC

mobile, nomadic, peregrine, roving, wandering

(adjective) migratory; “a restless mobile society”; “the nomadic habits of the Bedouins”; “believed the profession of a peregrine typist would have a happy future”; “wandering tribes”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

nomadic (comparative more nomadic, superlative most nomadic)

Of or relating to nomads, whether

(anthropology) Of or related to itinerant herdsmen

(figuratively) Of or related to any habitually wandering person or animal

Synonyms

• (all): nomad

• (of or related to itinerant herdsmen): pastoral

• (habitually wandering): wandering, peripatetic, itinerant, itinerate, unsettled, vagabond, roving, drifting, roaming, wayfaring, vagrant, transient, rambling, peregrine, ambulatory, ambulant, erratic, errant, rootless, gypsy, floating, perambulatory, perambulant, discursive, meandering, ambling, footloose, prodigal

Anagrams

• coadmin, mandioc, monacid, monadic

Source: Wiktionary


No*mad"ic, a. Etym: [Gr. Nomad.]

Definition: Of or pertaining to nomads, or their way of life; wandering; moving from place to place for subsistence; as, a nomadic tribe.

– No*mad"ic*al*ly, adv.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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