rover
noun
1 rover
Someone who leads a wandering unsettled life.
synonyms: bird of passage, roamer, wanderer.
Roget 268:
traveler,
wayfarer,
voyager,
itinerant,
passenger,
commuter.
tourist,
excursionist,
explorer,
adventurer,
mountaineer,
hiker,
backpacker,
Alpine Club;
peregrinator†,
wanderer,
rover,
straggler,
rambler;
bird of passage;
gadabout,
gadling†;
vagrant,
scatterling†,
landloper†,
waifs and estrays†,
wastrel,
foundling;
loafer;
tramp,
tramper;
vagabond,
nomad,
Bohemian,
gypsy,
Arab†,
Wandering Jew,
Hadji,
pilgrim,
palmer;
peripatetic;
somnambulist,
emigrant,
fugitive,
refugee;
beach comber,
booly†;
globegirdler†,
globetrotter;
vagrant,
hobo [U.S.],
night walker,
sleep walker;
noctambulist,
runabout,
straphanger,
swagman,
swagsman [Austral.];
trecker†,
trekker,
zingano†,
zingaro†.
runner,
courier;
Mercury,
Iris,
Ariel†,
comet.
pedestrian,
walker,
foot passenger;
cyclist;
wheelman.
rider,
horseman,
equestrian,
cavalier,
jockey,
roughrider,
trainer,
breaker.
driver,
coachman,
whip,
Jehu,
charioteer,
postilion,
postboy†,
carter,
wagoner,
drayman†;
cabman,
cabdriver;
voiturier†,
vetturino†,
condottiere†;
engine driver;
stoker,
fireman,
guard;
chauffeur,
conductor,
engineer,
gharry-wallah†,
gari-wala†,
hackman,
syce†,
truckman†.
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Roget 792:
thief,
robber,
homo triumliterarum [Lat.],
pilferer,
rifler,
filcher†,
plagiarist.
spoiler,
depredator,
pillager,
marauder;
harpy,
shark [Slang],
land shark,
falcon,
mosstrooper†,
bushranger†,
Bedouin†,
brigand,
freebooter,
bandit,
thug,
dacoit†;
pirate,
corsair,
viking,
Paul Jones†,
buccaneer,
buccanier†;
piqueerer†,
pickeerer†;
rover,
ranger,
privateer,
filibuster;
rapparee†,
wrecker,
picaroon†;
smuggler,
poacher;
abductor,
badger [Slang],
bunko man,
cattle thief,
chor†,
contrabandist†,
crook,
hawk,
holdup man,
hold-up [U.S.],
jackleg [U.S.],
kidnaper,
rustler,
cattle rustler,
sandbagger,
sea king,
skin [Slang],
sneak thief,
spieler†,
strong-arm man [U.S.].
highwayman,
Dick Turpin,
Claude Duval,
Macheath,
footpad,
sturdy beggar.
cut purse,
pick purse;
pickpocket,
light-fingered gentry;
sharper;
card sharper,
skittle sharper;
thimblerigger;
rook [Slang],
Greek,
blackleg,
leg,
welsher [Slang];
defaulter;
Autolycus†,
Jeremy Diddler†,
Robert Macaire,
artful dodger,
trickster;
swell mob [Slang],
chevalier d'industrie [Fr.];
shoplifter.
swindler,
peculator;
forger,
coiner;
fence,
receiver of stolen goods,
duffer;
smasher.
burglar,
housebreaker;
cracksman†,
magsman [Slang];
Bill Sikes,
Jack Sheppard,
Jonathan Wild.
gang
[group of thieves],
gang of thieves,
theft ring;
organized crime,
mafia,
the Sicilian Mafia,
the mob,
la cosa nostra [It].
[famous thieves],
Dillinger,
Al Capone;
Robin Hood.
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Dutch: wandelaar, rabauw, woesteling
Polish: wędrowiec, wędrownik, wagabunda, tramp
2 rover
An adult member of the Boy Scouts movement.
synonym: scouter.
Polish: wędrownik
Moby thesaurus: Ahasuerus, Ancient Mariner, Argonaut, Blackbeard, Captain Hook, Captain Kidd, Flying Dutchman, Goliard, Henry Morgan, Jean Lafitte, Odysseus, Oisin, Ossian, Ulysses, air pirate, airplane hijacker, bird of passage, buccaneer, bum, corsair, drifter, floater, freebooter, gad, gadabout, go-about, gypsy, hobo, itinerant, mover, nomad, peregrinator, peregrine, peripatetic, picaroon, pirate, privateer, rambler, roamer, rolling stone, runabout, sea dog, sea king, sea robber, sea rover, sea wolf, skyjacker, sojourner, straggler, stroller, strolling player, tourist, tramp, traveller, troubadour, vagabond, vagrant, viking, visitant, wanderer, wandering minstrel, wandering scholar, wayfarer ... show more.
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