Word Meanings - NOMADIC - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Of or pertaining to nomads, or their way of life; wandering; moving from place to place for subsistence; as, a nomadic tribe. -- No*mad"ic*al*ly, adv.
Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of NOMADIC)
- Itinerant
- Wandering
- travelling
- locomotive
- roving
- roaming
- journeying
- nomadic
- Migratory
- Nomadic
- wandering
- vagrant
- Rustic
- Rural
- agricultural
- bucolic
- sylvan
- verdant
- pastoral
- rude
- awkward
- unpolished
- clownish
- clumsy
- rough
- coarse
- plain
- unsophisticated
- simple
- artless
- primitive
Related words: (words related to NOMADIC)
- ROUGHING-IN
The first coat of plaster laid on brick; also, the process of applying it. - ROUGHT
imp. of Reach. - ROUGHHEWN
1. Hewn coarsely without smoothing; unfinished; not polished. 2. Of coarse manners; rude; uncultivated; rough-grained. "A roughhewn seaman." Bacon. - JOURNEYWORK
Originally, work done by the day; work done by a journeyman at his trade. - RURALITY
1. The quality or state of being rural. 2. A rural place. "Leafy ruralities." Carlyle. - ROUGHLEG
Any one of several species of large hawks of the genus Archibuteo, having the legs feathered to the toes. Called also rough- legged hawk, and rough-legged buzzard. Note: The best known species is Archibuteo lagopus of Northern Europe, - ROVINGLY
In a wandering manner. - ROUGHINGS
Rowen. - PRIMITIVENESS
The quality or state of being primitive; conformity to primitive style or practice. - ROUGHSHOD
Shod with shoes armed with points or calks; as, a roughshod horse. To ride roughshod, to pursue a course regardless of the pain or distress it may cause others. - PLAINTIVE
1. Repining; complaining; lamenting. Dryden. 2. Expressive of sorrow or melancholy; mournful; sad. "The most plaintive ditty." Landor. -- Plain"tive*ly, adv. -- Plain"tive*ness, n. - AWKWARD SQUAD
A squad of inapt recruits assembled for special drill. - COARSE
was anciently written course, or cours, it may be an abbreviation of of course, in the common manner of proceeding, common, and hence, homely, made for common domestic use, plain, rude, rough, gross, e. 1. Large in bulk, or composed of large parts - RUSTICAL
Rustic. "Rustical society." Thackeray. -- Rus"tic*al*ly, adv. -- Rus"tic*al*ness, n. - PASTORALLY
1. In a pastoral or rural manner. 2. In the manner of a pastor. - WANDERMENT
The act of wandering, or roaming. Bp. Hall. - VAGRANTNESS
State of being vagrant; vagrancy. - RUSTICATE
To go into or reside in the country; to ruralize. Pope. - PLAINTIFF
One who commences a personal action or suit to obtain a remedy for an injury to his rights; -- opposed to Ant: defendant. (more info) French equiv. to plaignant complainant, prosecutor, fr. plaindre. See - ROUGHTAIL
Any species of small ground snakes of the family Uropeltidæ; -- so called from their rough tails. - PROVERBIAL
1. Mentioned or comprised in a proverb; used as a proverb; hence, commonly known; as, a proverbial expression; his meanness was proverbial. In case of excesses, I take the German proverbial cure, by a hair of the same beast, to be the worst. Sir - PROVENTRIULUS
The glandular stomach of birds, situated just above the crop. - CONTROVERSER
A disputant. - DISAPPROVAL
Disapprobation; dislike; censure; adverse judgment. - CORROVAL
A dark brown substance of vegetable origin, allied to curare, and used by the natives of New Granada as an arrow poison. - APPROVEDLY
So as to secure approbation; in an approved manner. - PROVINCIALLY
In a provincial manner. - EQUICRURAL
Having equal legs or sides; isosceles. "Equicrural triangles." Sir T. Browne. - CONTROVERSAL
1. Turning or looking opposite ways. The temple of Janus, with his two controversal faces. Milton. 2. Controversal. Boyle. - APPROVING
Expressing approbation; commending; as, an approving smile. -- Ap*prov"ing*ly, adv. - IMPROVISATRICE
See IMPROVVISATRICE - FORWANDER
To wander away; to go astray; to wander far and to weariness. - DISAPPROVE
1. To pass unfavorable judgment upon; to condemn by an act of the judgment; to regard as wrong, unsuitable, or inexpedient; to censure; as, to disapprove the conduct of others. 2. To refuse official approbation to; to disallow; to decline