nomadic
Never settling down
Nomadic describes a way of life involving regular movement from place to place rather than permanent settlement.
Nomadic peoples traditionally follow seasonal patterns, moving with herds or toward resources: nomadic tribes of the steppes.
The word extends to anyone who moves frequently: She lived a nomadic existence, never staying anywhere longer than a year.
Travel from place to place
- expeditionOrganized exploratory journey
- trekArduous overland journey
- odysseyExtended adventurous journey
- pilgrimageReligious journey to shrine
wayfaring · backpacking · globetrotting · safari · exploration · adventure · caravan · voyage
Felt-covered nomad tent
- gerPortable nomadic tent
- tentPortable fabric shelter
- campfireOutdoor fire for gathering
- caravanTraveling group with goods
pastoralism · herding · foraging · hunting · gathering · seasonal · flock · grazing
Middle Eastern nomadic herder
- TuaregSaharan Berber ethnic group
- MaasaiEast African ethnic group
- MongolsGenghis's conquering people
- KazakhCentral Asian ethnicity
Kyrgyz · Sami · Berbers · Romani · Scythians · Huns · Manchu · Ainu
People seeking safety elsewhere
- displacedShifted from proper location
- statelessWithout national belonging
- uprootedRemoved from foundation
- exiledForced from one's country
dispossessed · homeless · adrift · migrant · asylum · diaspora · resettlement · camp
journey
Travel from place to place
- expeditionOrganized exploratory journey
- trekArduous overland journey
- odysseyExtended adventurous journey
pilgrimage · wayfaring · backpacking · globetrotting · safari · exploration · adventure · caravan · voyage · excursion
yurt
Felt-covered nomad tent
caravan · pastoralism · herding · foraging · hunting · gathering · seasonal · flock · grazing · livestock
Bedouin
Middle Eastern nomadic herder
Kazakh · Kyrgyz · Sami · Berbers · Romani · Scythians · Huns · Manchu · Ainu · Fulani
refugees
People seeking safety elsewhere
- displacedShifted from proper location
- statelessWithout national belonging
- uprootedRemoved from foundation
exiled · dispossessed · homeless · adrift · migrant · asylum · diaspora · resettlement · camp · border
steppe
Treeless Eurasian grassland
desert · prairie · grassland · outback · range · territory · pasture · wilderness · expanse · highland
clan
Related group sharing ancestry
ancestry · heritage · elder · chieftain · customs · traditions · oral history · folklore · communal · extended family
- lifestylessimple living, city life, family life, minimalism, rural life
- Maasaiwarriors, cattle herding, red ochre, ochre, red cloth
- SomaliaMogadishu, Somaliland, clanship, clans, Somali pirates
- movementwalk, move, go, run, jump
- prehistorystone tools, Neolithic, Stone Age, caveman, cavemen
- travel adjectivesscenic, exotic, adventurous, luxurious, remote
nomadicsedentary
Characterized by much sitting
settled · rooted · stationary · permanent · established
nomadicstationary
Not in motion
static · immobile · motionless · still · standing
- desert nomadsWanderers of dry wastelands
- nomadic tribeMigrating group of people
- digital nomadRoaming online professional
- nomadic lifeLifestyle of constant relocation
- nomadic lifestyleDwelling pattern without permanence
- nomad life