25
vagabond(noun, traveler, vagrant, wanderer, migrant)
17
vagrant(noun, person, stiff, transient, traveler)
10
tramp(noun, person, desperate, wanderer)
9
hobo(noun, person, stiff, transient, vagrant)
9
wanderer(noun, person, alien, visitor, foreigner)
9
floater
8
nomad(noun, tramp, traveler, vagrant, adventurer)
8
rover(noun, tramp, traveler, vagrant, adventurer)
7
itinerant(noun, traveler, expatriate, adventurer, wanderer)
6
derelict(noun, destitute, wanderer)
6
transient(noun, stiff, traveler, alien, visitor)
6
wayfarer(noun, traveler)
5
bum(noun, beggar)
4
migrant(noun, person, alien, visitor, foreigner)
4
beachcomber
4
bird of passage(noun, expression, idiom)
4
gypsy(noun, tramp, traveler, vagrant, adventurer)
4
rambler
4
traveler(noun, person, tramp, traveler, expatriate)
3
cruiser
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