nomadic

Adjective
US[noh-mad-ik]/noʊˈmædɪk/3 syllables
Synonyms: mobileperegrinerovingwandering

Open English WordNet

Adjective (1)

  1. migratory“a restless mobile society”“the nomadic habits of the Bedouins”“believed the profession of a peregrine typist would have a happy future”“wandering tribes”Synonyms: mobileperegrinerovingwanderingOpposite settledSimilar unsettled
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

No·mad′ic adjective

Origin: Gr. …. See Nomad.

Of or pertaining to nomads, or their way of life; wandering; moving from place to place for subsistence; as, a nomadic tribe. — No·mad′wb-a1′>′ic·al·ly (#), adverb

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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