nomad
no·mad
noun \ˈnō-ˌmad, British also ˈnä-\Definition of NOMAD
1
: a member of a people who have no fixed residence but move from place to place usually seasonally and within a well-defined territory
2
: an individual who roams about
— nomad adjective
— no·mad·ism \ˈnō-ˌma-ˌdi-zəm\ noun
See Examples of NOMAD
- He lived like a nomad for a few years after college, never holding a job in one place for very long.
- <after college she became quite the nomad, backpacking through Europe with no particular destination>
Origin of NOMAD
Latin nomad-, nomas member of a wandering pastoral people, from Greek, from nemein
First Known Use: 1579
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Rhymes with NOMAD
Akkad, aoudad, Baghdad, Belgrade, Carlsbad, caudad, comrade, Conrad, crash pad, crawdad, doodad, dorsad, dryad, dyad, egad, farad, Flagstad, footpad, gonad, granddad, heptad, horn-mad, ironclad, keypad, launchpad, maenad, monad, mouse pad, Murad, naiad, nicad, NORAD, notepad, pentad, pleiad, postgrad, scratch pad, Sinbad, tetrad, touch pad, triclad
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