WAYFARERS Synonyms: 37 Similar and Opposite Words

wayfarers

noun

plural of wayfarer

as in nomads

a person who roams about without a fixed route or destination one of the great wayfarers of American folklore, Johnny Appleseed wandered across the country, always planting apple seeds

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Recent Examples of wayfarers Despite the different sunglass trends that are out there—tiny sunglasses, cat-eyes, wayfarers—aviators continue to remain Aniston’s favorite. — Samantha Sutton, InStyle, 22 July 2026 In high school, my friends and I became subway wayfarers, traveling in search of great high-school games. — Michael Powell, The Atlantic, 3 June 2026 The thugs would insinuate themselves into the confidence of wayfarers and, when a favorable opportunity presented itself, strangle them by throwing a handkerchief or noose around their necks. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 31 Mar. 2026

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Noun

On the side streets, small stands sell bad food and plastic trinkets, while a few Travellers, Ireland’s indigenous nomads, work rival fortune-telling franchises.

— Susan Neiman, The New York Review of Books, 5 Sep. 2026
Jason and his family are living like multiversal nomads, traveling to different worlds in search of a home, and this lets the show get into the nitty-gritty of how the box works and the rules for traveling between worlds.

— Andrew Webster, The Verge, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of nomads

Noun

The new launch is part of a broader trend of travelers and families building international portfolios of residence rights, citizenships, and investments across multiple countries around the globe.

— Jessica Puckett, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Oct. 2026
That’s all needed to engage — and convert — younger consumers, who are the burgeoning demographic expected to account for about 50 percent to 60 percent of travelers by 2035.

— Jennifer Weil, Footwear News, 6 Oct. 2026

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Two mysterious drifters never speak; their inner monologues carry us across absurdist one-liners, weird tales, and stream-of-consciousness musings.

— Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 23 Sep. 2026
Babylon 5 followed the diplomats, soldiers, and drifters aboard the station, built as neutral ground between humans and a handful of alien civilizations teetering on the edge of war.

— JP Mangalindan, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Aug. 2026

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