nomadic

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”

   Synonymsmobileperegrinerovingwandering

   Similarunsettled

Questions about nomadic

What does nomadic mean?

nomadic means "migratory".

How many syllables are in nomadic?

nomadic has 3 syllables: no-mad-ic. The stress falls on "mad". In IPA it is /noʊˈmædɪk/.

What is another word for nomadic?

Close synonyms include mobile, peregrine, roving, wandering. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is nomadic a common word?

nomadic is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.