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gadabout

EnglishMerriam-Webster Dictionary

gadabout

noun

gad·about

ˈga-də-ˌbau̇t

Definition

a person who flits about in social activity

Other Words

gadabout adjective

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

drifter knockabout maunderer nomad rambler roamer rover stroller vagabond wanderer wayfarer

Examples

//she was a thoughtful gadabout, always picking up souvenirs for her friends from wherever her travels took her

First Known Use

1757, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology

from the verb phrase gad about, from gad entry 2

gadabout

noun

Synonyms & Antonyms (Entry 1 of 2)

a person who roams about without a fixed route or destination //she was a thoughtful gadabout, always picking up souvenirs for her friends from wherever her travels took her
Synonyms

drifter knockabout maunderer nomad rambler roamer rover stroller vagabond wanderer wayfarer
Related Words

laggard straggler
lingerer loiterer sojourner
bum hobo tramp
passenger sightseer traveler (or traveller)
migrant transient vagrant
ambler saunterer
Synonymous Phrases

bird of passage
Near Antonyms

homebody
denizen dweller habitant inhabitant resident settler

adjective

Synonyms & Antonyms (Entry 2 of 2)

as in gallivanting, sauntering
Synonyms & Near Synonyms

ambulant ambulatory drifting fiddle-footed footloose gallivanting (also galavanting) meandering rambling sauntering strolling traipsing walking
errant fugitive itinerant nomadic peregrine peripatetic ranging roaming roving tramp traveling (or travelling) vagabond vagrant wandering wayfaring
migrant migratory mobile
Antonyms & Near Antonyms

nonmigrant nonmigratory resident
immobile stationary
established fast fixed rooted sedentary set settled

gadabout

noun

gad·about

ˈga-də-ˌbau̇t

Definition

a person who flits about in social activity

Other Words

gadabout adjective

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

drifter knockabout maunderer nomad rambler roamer rover stroller vagabond wanderer wayfarer

Examples

//she was a thoughtful gadabout, always picking up souvenirs for her friends from wherever her travels took her

First Known Use

1757, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology

from the verb phrase gad about, from gad entry 2

gadabout

noun

Synonyms & Antonyms (Entry 1 of 2)

a person who roams about without a fixed route or destination //she was a thoughtful gadabout, always picking up souvenirs for her friends from wherever her travels took her
Synonyms

drifter knockabout maunderer nomad rambler roamer rover stroller vagabond wanderer wayfarer
Related Words

laggard straggler
lingerer loiterer sojourner
bum hobo tramp
passenger sightseer traveler (or traveller)
migrant transient vagrant
ambler saunterer
Synonymous Phrases

bird of passage
Near Antonyms

homebody
denizen dweller habitant inhabitant resident settler

adjective

Synonyms & Antonyms (Entry 2 of 2)

as in gallivanting, sauntering
Synonyms & Near Synonyms

ambulant ambulatory drifting fiddle-footed footloose gallivanting (also galavanting) meandering rambling sauntering strolling traipsing walking
errant fugitive itinerant nomadic peregrine peripatetic ranging roaming roving tramp traveling (or travelling) vagabond vagrant wandering wayfaring
migrant migratory mobile
Antonyms & Near Antonyms

nonmigrant nonmigratory resident
immobile stationary
established fast fixed rooted sedentary set settled