Synonyms of drifter

drifter

noun

ˈdrif-tər 

as in gypsy

a person who roams about without a fixed route or destination

the drifter just packed up and moved on to the next dead-end job

Synonyms & Similar Words

• gypsy
• traveller
• wanderer
• nomad
• traveler
• bird of passage
• roamer
• wayfarer
• vagabond
• gadabout
• knockabout
• rover
• rambler
• hobo
• passenger
• straggler
• maunderer
• stroller
• sojourner
• loiterer
• migrant
• laggard
• tramp
• sightseer
• lingerer
• vagrant
• bum
• transient
• ambler
• saunterer

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• resident
• inhabitant
• settler
• dweller
• homebody
• denizen
• habitant

Examples Sentences

Recent Examples of drifter

But open it and immediately get transported into a black-and-white world of drifters with piercing, thousand-yard stares, and dusty, unforgiving landscapes and structures. —Donny Bajohr, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Dec. 2024

Consider how many of these blow-in drifters have come into our Commonwealth and wreaked havoc. —Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 24 Apr. 2024

Levinson’s twisty, almost noir tone (Dutch angles and murderous drifters abound) makes the litany of sight gags on display twice as funny. —Sean Malin, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2024

From the beginning, Autumn has always been the most mysterious character — a drifter who showed up in episode one to camp on the west pasture and almost immediately pushed Royal into the hole as an experiment. —Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 15 May 2024