journeyers
Those who voyage
Journeyers is the plural of journeyer—people who travel or make journeys.
The word emphasizes the act of traveling rather than arrival: The journeyers pressed on through the mountain pass.
It carries a slightly literary or old-fashioned quality; travelers is more common in everyday speech.
Those seeking exciting experiences
- pioneersFirst to explore territory
- pathfindersThose who discover routes
- discoverersThose who find new things
- trekkersLong-journey travelers
expedition · voyagers · seekers · trailblazers · scouts · navigators · mountaineers · prospectors
Aimless travelers, homeless rovers
- vagabondsHomeless itinerant travelers
- roversThose who roam
- wayfarersTravelers on foot
- ramblersThose who wander leisurely
meanderers · itinerants · footloose · gadabouts · amblers · strollers · saunterers · hobos
Travelers seeing sights
- backpackersTravelers with frame-mounted bags
- globetrottersHabitual worldwide travelers
- vacationersPeople taking leisure trips
- sightseersVisitors exploring notable places
visitors · holidaymakers · sojourners · passengers · expatriates · emigrants · immigrants · jet-setters
Journey by sea
- odysseyExtended adventurous journey
- seafaringTraveling by ocean vessel
- marinersThose who work ships
- sailShip's wind-catching fabric
cruise · passage · crossing · nautical · navigate · galley · flotilla · caravel
adventurers
Those seeking exciting experiences
- pioneersFirst to explore territory
- pathfindersThose who discover routes
- discoverersThose who find new things
trekkers · expedition · voyagers · seekers · trailblazers · scouts · navigators · mountaineers · prospectors · explorers
drifters
Aimless travelers, homeless rovers
ramblers · meanderers · itinerants · footloose · gadabouts · amblers · strollers · saunterers · hobos · tramps
tourists
Travelers seeing sights
- backpackersTravelers with frame-mounted bags
- globetrottersHabitual worldwide travelers
- vacationersPeople taking leisure trips
sightseers · visitors · holidaymakers · sojourners · passengers · expatriates · emigrants · immigrants · jet-setters · road-trippers
voyage
Journey by sea
sail · cruise · passage · crossing · nautical · navigate · galley · flotilla · caravel · galleon
pilgrimage
Religious journey to shrine
devotees · faithful · sacred · sanctuary · temple · monastery · spiritual · devotion · penance · relics
pastoralists
People raising grazing animals
- herdersLivestock guardians and guides
- caravanTraveling group with goods
- migrationMovement to new territory
yurts · nomadism · steppe · tribes · camelids · tents · drovers · herdsmen · seminomadic · migratory
- travelerspassenger, travelers, traveler, tourist, vacationers
- seekersseekers, seeker, treasure hunters, searcher, fortune seekers
- outdoor trekkershikers, backpackers, mountaineers, day hikers, thru-hikers
journeyershomebodies
People preferring domestic life
settlers · recluses · hermits · nesters · homesteaders