Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun drifter
1 sense of drifter
Sense 1
vagrant, drifter, floater, vagabond -- (a wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of support)
=> wanderer, roamer, rover, bird of passage -- (someone who leads a wandering unsettled life)
=> poor person, have-not -- (a person with few or no possessions)