Meaning & use
itinerant
Traveling from place to place, especially to find work, rather than staying in one location.
See it in a sentence
The itinerant preacher traveled from village to village, never staying anywhere for long.
Itinerant workers followed the harvest season across several states each year.
A note on using this word
Itinerant emphasizes movement tied to a purpose, such as work or duty, unlike nomadic, which suggests a broader lifestyle of wandering.
Words with a similar meaning
wanderingnomadictraveling
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Words with an opposite meaning
settledstationary
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