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nomad

adj · name · noun · 8 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˈnəʊmæd/
  • US: /ˈnoʊmæd/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: N OW1 M AE2 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Synonym of nomadic.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: nomadic

Antonyms: none provided

2

name

Meaning 2

A neighborhood of Manhattan, New York, United States.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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3

noun

Meaning 3

A member of a society or class who herd animals from pasture to pasture with no fixed home.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: anthropology, human-sciences, sciences

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Synonyms: none provided

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4

noun

Meaning 4

Synonym of wanderer: an itinerant person.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: figuratively

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: wanderer

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

A person who changes residence frequently.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: figuratively

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6

noun

Meaning 6

A player who changes teams frequently.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: figuratively

Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

A dragonfly of Afroeurasia, Sympetrum fonscolombii.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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8

noun

Meaning 8

a member of a people who have no permanent home but move about according to the seasons

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: wanderer, roamer, rover, bird of passage

Narrower terms: Bedouin, Beduin, Bushman, Hun, Saracen, Scythian

History

Etymology

From Middle French nomade, from Latin Nomas (“wandering shepherd”), from Ancient Greek νομάς (nomás, “roaming, wandering, esp. to find pasture”), from Ancient Greek νομός (nomós, “pasture”). Compare Numidia.

Blend of north + Madison. From being centered upon Madison Square North Historic District and being north of Madison Square Park.

Across languages

Translations

86 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: بَدَوِيّ (badawiyy) — a member of society or class who wander with their herds
  • Arabic: بدوي (badawi) — a member of society or class who wander with their herds
  • Arabic: بَدَوي (badawi) — a member of society or class who wander with their herds
  • Armenian: քոչվոր (kʻočʻvor) — a member of society or class who wander with their herds
  • Aromanian: numad — a member of society or class who wander with their herds
  • Aromanian: numadã — a member of society or class who wander with their herds
  • Azerbaijani: köçəri — a member of society or class who wander with their herds
  • Belarusian: качэ́ўнік (kačéwnik) — a member of society or class who wander with their herds
  • Belarusian: качэ́ўніца (kačéwnica) — a member of society or class who wander with their herds
  • Bulgarian: нома́д (nomád) — a member of society or class who wander with their herds
  • Catalan: nòmada — a member of society or class who wander with their herds
  • Chinese Mandarin: 游牧民 (yóumùmín) — a member of society or class who wander with their herds
  • Coptic: ⲣⲉⲙⲛϫⲱⲓⲗⲓ (remnjōili) — a member of society or class who wander with their herds
  • Czech: nomád — a member of society or class who wander with their herds
  • Czech: kočovník — a member of society or class who wander with their herds
  • Danish: nomade — a member of society or class who wander with their herds
  • Dutch: nomade — a member of society or class who wander with their herds
  • Esperanto: nomado — a member of society or class who wander with their herds
  • Estonian: nomaad — a member of society or class who wander with their herds
  • Finnish: nomadi — a member of society or class who wander with their herds
  • Finnish: paimentolainen — a member of society or class who wander with their herds
  • French: nomade — a member of society or class who wander with their herds
  • Galician: nómade — a member of society or class who wander with their herds
  • Georgian: მომთაბარე (momtabare) — a member of society or class who wander with their herds
  • German: Nomade — a member of society or class who wander with their herds
  • German: Nomadin — a member of society or class who wander with their herds
  • Greek: νομάδας (nomádas) — a member of society or class who wander with their herds
  • Ancient Greek: νομάς (nomás) — a member of society or class who wander with their herds
  • Hebrew: נווד (navad) — a member of society or class who wander with their herds
  • Hindi: बंजारा (bañjārā) — a member of society or class who wander with their herds
  • Hungarian: nomád — a member of society or class who wander with their herds
  • Icelandic: hirðingi — a member of society or class who wander with their herds
  • Ingrian: kocevnikka — a member of society or class who wander with their herds
  • Italian: nomade — a member of society or class who wander with their herds
  • Japanese: 遊牧民 (yūbokumin) — a member of society or class who wander with their herds
  • Kalmyk: нүүдлчн (nüüdlçn) — a member of society or class who wander with their herds
  • Kazakh: көшпенді (köşpendı) — a member of society or class who wander with their herds
  • Kazakh: көшпелі (köşpelı) — a member of society or class who wander with their herds
  • Korean: 유목민 (yumongmin) — a member of society or class who wander with their herds
  • Central Kurdish: کۆچەر (koçer) — a member of society or class who wander with their herds
  • Central Kurdish: ڕەوەند (rewend) — a member of society or class who wander with their herds
  • Northern Kurdish: koçer — a member of society or class who wander with their herds
  • Northern Kurdish: revend — a member of society or class who wander with their herds
  • Kyrgyz: көчмөн (köcmön) — a member of society or class who wander with their herds
  • Kyrgyz: көчмөнчү (köcmöncü) — a member of society or class who wander with their herds
  • Lithuanian: klajoklis — a member of society or class who wander with their herds
  • Macedonian: номад (nomad) — a member of society or class who wander with their herds
  • Malayalam: നാടോടി (nāṭōṭi) — a member of society or class who wander with their herds
  • Mongolian: нүүдэлчин (nüüdelčin) — a member of society or class who wander with their herds
  • Persian: کوچنشین (kuč-nešin) — a member of society or class who wander with their herds
  • Polish: nomada — a member of society or class who wander with their herds
  • Polish: koczownik — a member of society or class who wander with their herds
  • Polish: koczowniczka — a member of society or class who wander with their herds
  • Portuguese: nômade — a member of society or class who wander with their herds
  • Romanian: nomad — a member of society or class who wander with their herds
  • Romanian: nomadă — a member of society or class who wander with their herds
  • Russian: коче́вник (kočévnik) — a member of society or class who wander with their herds
  • Russian: нома́д (nomád) — a member of society or class who wander with their herds
  • Russian: коче́вница (kočévnica) — a member of society or class who wander with their herds
  • Serbo-Croatian: но̀ма̄д — a member of society or class who wander with their herds
  • Serbo-Croatian: nòmād — a member of society or class who wander with their herds
  • Slovak: nomád — a member of society or class who wander with their herds
  • Slovak: kočovník — a member of society or class who wander with their herds
  • Spanish: nómada — a member of society or class who wander with their herds
  • Swahili: mhamahamaji — a member of society or class who wander with their herds
  • Swahili: mtu wa kuhamahama — a member of society or class who wander with their herds
  • Swedish: nomad — a member of society or class who wander with their herds
  • Tajik: кӯчманчӣ (küčmanči) — a member of society or class who wander with their herds
  • Tajik: бодиягард (bodiyagard) — a member of society or class who wander with their herds
  • Tamil: நாடோடி (nāṭōṭi) — a member of society or class who wander with their herds
  • Thai: ผู้เร่ร่อน (pûu-rêe-rɔ̂ɔn) — a member of society or class who wander with their herds
  • Thai: คนพเนจร (kon-pá-nee-jɔɔn) — a member of society or class who wander with their herds
  • Tibetan: འབྲོག་པ ('brog pa) — a member of society or class who wander with their herds
  • Tibetan: འབྲོག་མོ ('brog mo) — a member of society or class who wander with their herds
  • Turkish: göçmen — a member of society or class who wander with their herds
  • Turkish: göçebe — a member of society or class who wander with their herds
  • Turkish: göçer — a member of society or class who wander with their herds
  • Ukrainian: кочівни́к (kočivnýk) — a member of society or class who wander with their herds
  • Ukrainian: кочівни́ця (kočivnýcja) — a member of society or class who wander with their herds
  • Uzbek: koʻchmanchi — a member of society or class who wander with their herds
  • Vietnamese: người dân du mục — a member of society or class who wander with their herds
  • Volapük: nomad — a member of society or class who wander with their herds
  • Volapük: hinomad — a member of society or class who wander with their herds
  • Volapük: jinomad — a member of society or class who wander with their herds
  • Welsh: nomad — a member of society or class who wander with their herds
  • Welsh: nomadiaid — a member of society or class who wander with their herds