nomadic

[US]/nəʊˈmædɪk/
[UK]/noʊˈmædɪk/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. wandering, roaming, moving from place to place

Example Sentences

the change from a nomadic to an agricultural society.

Nomadic tribes wander these deserts.

A nomadic mode of life was typical of many peoples of the Great Plains.

Old longings nomadic leap, Chafing at custom's chain; Again from its brumal sleep, Wakens the ferine strain.

The Fairytale pt6 ...and when the music stops, Nomadic Galloper sends them away, with a smile in her face.

Pasture area in China is under rapid change.Traditional nomadic pastoralism has been replaced by sedentary herding and subdivision of grassland;

The onager represents the nomadic tribes, an untamable ferity and passion and the limitless frontiers and dreams where we had galloped before.

Real-world Examples

Few continue the old nomadic way of life.

Source: Beijing Normal University Edition High School English (Compulsory 4)

This nomadic life was no accident. It was useful.

Source: National Geographic Anthology

I was very nomadic. It was actually very exciting.

Source: TED Talks (Audio Version) May 2015 Compilation

At this point, people in Britain were nomadic hunter-gatherers.

Source: A Concise History of Britain (Bilingual Selection)

And nomadic groups eventually coalesced into unstoppable forces on horseback.

Source: Bilingual Edition of TED-Ed Selected Speeches

She belonged to a nomadic tribe. Rajini Vaidyanathan is in Delhi.

Source: BBC Listening June 2019 Compilation

For 90% of our existence, humans have lived as nomadic hunter-gatherers.

Source: Tales of Imagination and Creativity

A rolling stone could also be described as " nomadic, " often moving.

Source: VOA Special English Education

The general area passed hands many times between large and small nomadic tribes.

Source: Popular Science Essays

Wherever our nomadic hunting groups clashed for territory, our species had deadlier weapons.

Source: PBS Fun Science Popularization

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