drifter

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of DRIFTER

a person who roams about without a fixed route or destination <the drifter just packed up and moved on to the next dead-end job>

Synonyms drifter, gadabout, gypsy, knockabout, maunderer, rambler, roamer, rover, stroller, vagabond, wanderer, wayfarer

Related Words laggard, straggler; lingerer, loiterer, sojourner; bum, hobo, tramp; passenger, sightseer, traveler (or traveller); migrant, transient, vagrant; ambler, saunterer

Near Antonyms homebody; denizen, dweller, habitant, inhabitant, resident, settler

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