wayfarer
One who roams
A wayfarer is a person who travels on foot, especially over long distances.
The word is literary and old-fashioned, evoking pilgrims, wanderers, and solitary journeys: The wayfarer rested beneath an oak tree.
It suggests someone without a fixed destination or home, moving through the world rather than toward a particular place.
Traveler carrying supplies
- globetrotterFrequent international voyager
- pilgrimReligious journey-taker
- voyagerLong-distance journey taker
- hitchhikerPerson seeking free rides
trekker · adventurer · journeyer · tourist · sightseer · holidaymaker · excursionist · visitor
Aimless, rootless traveler
- ramblerLeisurely rural hiker
- roamerOne who wanders
- meandererOne who wanders aimlessly
- sauntererOne who walks unhurriedly
flâneur · vagabond · peripatetic · ambler · stroller · gadabout · gallivanter · peregrinator
Without a dwelling
- vagabondHomeless, aimless wanderer
- drifterAimless, rootless traveler
- transientTemporary, soon departing
- hoboItinerant without fixed address
tramp · derelict · down-and-out · dispossessed · destitute · outcast · beggar · itinerant
Religious journey to shrine
- odysseyExtended adventurous journey
- questSeeking journey for something
- expeditionOrganized exploratory journey
- voyageJourney by sea
trek · passage · crossing · sojourn · traverse · migration · excursion · adventure
backpacker
Traveler carrying supplies
- globetrotterFrequent international voyager
- pilgrimReligious journey-taker
- voyagerLong-distance journey taker
hitchhiker · trekker · adventurer · journeyer · tourist · sightseer · holidaymaker · excursionist · visitor · sojourner
drifter
Aimless, rootless traveler
saunterer · flâneur · vagabond · peripatetic · ambler · stroller · gadabout · gallivanter · peregrinator · footloose
homeless
Without a dwelling
- vagabondHomeless, aimless wanderer
- drifterAimless, rootless traveler
- transientTemporary, soon departing
hobo · tramp · derelict · down-and-out · dispossessed · destitute · outcast · beggar · itinerant · bum
pilgrimage
Religious journey to shrine
- odysseyExtended adventurous journey
- questSeeking journey for something
- expeditionOrganized exploratory journey
voyage · trek · passage · crossing · sojourn · traverse · migration · excursion · adventure · safari
foreigner
Non-native person
visitor · guest · unknown · passerby · transient · sojourner · stranger · unfamiliar · arrival
caravan
Traveling group with goods
- berberLooped, flecked floor covering
- pastoralistGrazer of livestock
- yurtFelt-covered nomad tent
steppe · desert · oasis · herder · tribe · reindeer · traveller · tinker
- wanderingwandering, wander, wanderer, roaming, roam
- wandererswanderer, hikers, vagabond, wanderers, drifter
- medieval travelerspilgrim, merchant, crusader, messenger, courier
- traveltrip, trips, journey, journeys, travel
- eyewearglasses, sunglasses, eyeglasses, spectacles, shades
- nomadsnomad, nomadism, Bedouin, wanderer, roaming
wayfarersettler
One who colonizes territory
resident · inhabitant · dweller · denizen · local
wayfarerstay-at-home
Not one to travel
shut-in · homebody · recluse · hermit · couch potato