vagabond life

Rootless, roaming existence

A vagabond life is one of wandering without fixed home or employment—drifting from place to place, often by choice rather than necessity.

The phrase carries romantic overtones of freedom from routine and social expectations, though it can also suggest aimlessness or poverty: He gave up his career to live a vagabond life on the road.

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freedom · hitchhiking · thumb a ride · boxcar · dusty · restless · hobo · tramping · train hopping · open road · road less traveled · wide open spaces · backpack · transient · rootless · no fixed address · rambling · wayward

Opposites
stability and rootedness

vagabond lifedomestic life

Everyday household living

sedentary life · permanent residence · staying put · home life · rootedness

social conventionality

vagabond lifebourgeois life

Comfortable, conventional middle-class way

keeping up with the Joneses · suburban life · traditional lifestyle

Family

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