nomadic

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /noʊˈmædɪk/ UK /nəʊˈmædɪk/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adj
living by moving from place to place rather than settling permanently

The nomadic herders follow the rains across the steppe.

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Synonyms

1 adj · living by moving from place... wandering itinerant roaming migratory peripateticrovingvagrant

Opposites

settled sedentary stationary

Word family

Derived forms nomadically

Related forms nomadnomadism

Etymology

From Greek nomadikos, from nomas, nomad- ('roaming for pasture'), from nemein ('to pasture').

nomadikós Ancient Greek némein Ancient Greek

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Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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# nomadic

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /noʊˈmædɪk/
**IPA (UK):** /nəʊˈmædɪk/

## Meanings
1. living by moving from place to place rather than settling permanently

## Examples
- The nomadic herders follow the rains across the steppe.

## Synonyms
- wandering
- itinerant
- roaming
- migratory
- peripatetic
- roving
- vagrant

## Antonyms
- settled
- sedentary
- stationary

## Derived Forms
- nomadically

## Related Forms
- nomad
- nomadism

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: nomadikós
- Root: némein

## Etymology
From Greek nomadikos, from nomas, nomad- ('roaming for pasture'), from nemein ('to pasture').

## AI Etymology
Nomadic comes from Greek nomadikos, from nomas, nomad- ('roaming for pasture'), from nemein ('to pasture'). The etymological trail includes Ancient Greek nomadikós and Ancient Greek némein. As an adjective, nomadic means living by moving from place to place rather than settling permanently. The same family is visible in derived forms such as nomadically and related forms such as nomad and nomadism.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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