nomads
People without addresses
Nomads are people who move from place to place rather than settling permanently in one location.
Traditionally, nomadic peoples followed seasonal patterns for grazing livestock or hunting: The nomads moved their herds to higher pastures in summer.
The word extends to anyone who lives without a fixed home, whether by choice or circumstance: Digital nomads work remotely while traveling the world.
Related family groups
- kinshipState of being related
- ancestryFamily line of descent
- indigenousOriginating in a region
- customsTraditional practices or import taxes
traditions · heritage · lineage · elders · shaman · chieftain · families · community
Movement to new territory
- caravanTraveling group with goods
- journeyTravel from place to place
- wanderingTraveling with no fixed course
- trekArduous overland journey
itinerant · wayfarer · drifters · rovers · roving · pathless · caravansary · oasis
Managing animal groups
- grazingFeeding on pasture
- livestockDomesticated farm animals
- shepherdsThose who tend flocks
- flocksAnimal groups together
cattle · goats · sheep · yurts · animal husbandry · herdsmen · milking · camels
Independent decision-making capacity
- self-sufficiencyIndependence from outside aid
- independenceFreedom from external control
- unboundNot tied down
- untetheredNot fastened to anything
nonconformity · free-spirited · rootless · borderless · stateless · unchained · open sky · boundless
People seeking safety elsewhere
- displacedShifted from proper location
- uprootedRemoved from foundation
- dispossessedDeprived of home or land
- exiledForced from one's country
migrants · stateless · climate refugees · forced migration · landless · marginalized · resettlement · asylum
Dwelling in a camper
- remote workEmployment from afar
- backpackersTravelers with frame-mounted bags
- globetrottersHabitual worldwide travelers
- housesittingOccupying someone's dwelling temporarily
clans
Related family groups
- kinshipState of being related
- ancestryFamily line of descent
- indigenousOriginating in a region
customs · traditions · heritage · lineage · elders · shaman · chieftain · families · community · folklore
migration
Movement to new territory
- caravanTraveling group with goods
- journeyTravel from place to place
- wanderingTraveling with no fixed course
trek · itinerant · wayfarer · drifters · rovers · roving · pathless · caravansary · oasis · desert crossing
herding
Managing animal groups
flocks · cattle · goats · sheep · yurts · animal husbandry · herdsmen · milking · camels · horses
autonomy
Independent decision-making capacity
- self-sufficiencyIndependence from outside aid
- independenceFreedom from external control
- unboundNot tied down
untethered · nonconformity · free-spirited · rootless · borderless · stateless · unchained · open sky · boundless · detachment
refugees
People seeking safety elsewhere
- displacedShifted from proper location
- uprootedRemoved from foundation
- dispossessedDeprived of home or land
exiled · migrants · stateless · climate refugees · forced migration · landless · marginalized · resettlement · asylum · diaspora
van life
Dwelling in a camper
- remote workEmployment from afar
- backpackersTravelers with frame-mounted bags
- globetrottersHabitual worldwide travelers
housesitting · coworking · minimalist living · slow travel · hostel
- peoplesAmericans, British, Chinese, French, Germans
- Arab explorationcaravans, camels, dhows, oases, frankincense
- Herding Peoplespastoralists, herders, herdsmen, shepherds, goatherds
- Steppe Nomadssteppe, steppes, yurts, herders, herding
- Steppe PeoplesMongols, Huns, Turks, Scythians, Tatars
- Thar Desertsand dunes, sandstorms, arid climate, camel, camels
nomadssettlers
Those who establish homes
homesteaders · permanent residents · villagers · townspeople · city dwellers
nomadsagriculturalists
Cultivation practitioners
cultivators · landed gentry · tenant farmers · serfs · peasantry
- 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