gipsy
Wandering Romani person
Gipsy is a variant spelling of gypsy, referring to a member of the Romani people or, more loosely, anyone perceived as living a wandering or unconventional lifestyle.
The term carries the same baggage as gypsy—often considered offensive when applied to Romani people, who generally prefer Roma or Romani.
In casual use, gipsy suggests a free-spirited, nomadic existence: She lived a gipsy life, never staying anywhere long.
This spelling is more common in British English. (Capitalized Gipsy appears in proper names and historical contexts.)
Traveling group with goods
- wandererRootless, roving person
- itinerantMoving for work
- vagabondHomeless, aimless wanderer
- travelerOne who journeys
encampment · campfire · wayfarer · roaming · drifter · tinker · rover · transient
Uninhibited by social expectations
- unconventionalDeparting from standard practice
- artisticShowing imaginative skill
- nonconformistRejects prevailing social standards
- eccentricUnconventional in character
colorful · flamboyant · romantic · passionate · wild · untamed · mystical · fortune-teller
Rhythmic Spanish dance style
- fiddleAdjust restlessly; folk violin
- guitarFretted stringed instrument
- violinBowed string instrument
- campfireOutdoor fire for gathering
accordion · rumba · dulcimer · tambourine · czardas · improvisation · harmonica · folkloric
Unjust differential treatment
- prejudicePreformed unfavorable opinion
- persecutionSystematic mistreatment of groups
- exclusionBeing barred from participation
- stereotypingOversimplified group-based judgments
scapegoat · ostracism · segregation · poverty · oppression · injustice · slur · diaspora
caravan
Traveling group with goods
traveler · encampment · campfire · wayfarer · roaming · drifter · tinker · rover · transient · journeyer
free-spirited
Uninhibited by social expectations
- unconventionalDeparting from standard practice
- artisticShowing imaginative skill
- nonconformistRejects prevailing social standards
eccentric · colorful · flamboyant · romantic · passionate · wild · untamed · mystical · fortune-teller · exotic
flamenco
Rhythmic Spanish dance style
campfire · accordion · rumba · dulcimer · tambourine · czardas · improvisation · harmonica · folkloric · spirited
discrimination
Unjust differential treatment
- prejudicePreformed unfavorable opinion
- persecutionSystematic mistreatment of groups
- exclusionBeing barred from participation
stereotyping · scapegoat · ostracism · segregation · poverty · oppression · injustice · slur · diaspora · stateless
gipsysettler
One who colonizes territory
homebody · homesteader · resident · householder · homeowner
gipsycitizen
Legal national member
townsfolk · bourgeois · insider · solid citizen · respectable
gipsyconformist
One following accepted norms
homebody · stick-in-the-mud · bourgeois · insider · pillar of the community