nomadic

/noʊˈmæɾɪk/

/nəʊˈmætɪk/

Other forms: nomadically

A nomad is someone who lives by traveling from place to place. Nomadic thus means anything that involves moving around a lot. Nomadic hunter-gatherer tribes follow the animals they hunt, carrying tents with them.

You don't have to be a nomad to live a nomadic lifestyle. People who work for the state department travel from foreign country to foreign country in four-year postings––they might call this nomadic. If you change schools a lot because of your parents' moves, you could say you've had a nomadic education.

Definitions of nomadic

1. adjective

   relating to persons or groups who travel in search of food or work; migratory
   “the nomadic habits of the Bedouins”

   synonyms: mobile, peregrine, roving, wandering

   unsettled

   not settled or established