Select the word opposite in meaning to the given word: Nomad
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → Resident
A nomad is a person who has no fixed home and moves from place to place, often with animals, in search of food and pasture. Its antonym is resident.
Example: The nomads of Ladakh move their herds to new pastures every season.
| Word | Meaning | Example |
|---|---|---|
| (1) Traveller | a person who is on a journey (like a nomad, a traveller moves from place to place, so it is close in meaning) | The traveller asked us the way to the railway station. |
| (2) Resident (answer) | a person who lives permanently in a particular place (one who moves about with no fixed home is the opposite of one who stays settled in one place) | She has been a resident of this town for forty years. |
| (3) Wanderer | a person who roams without a fixed home (it is nearly a synonym of nomad) | The old wanderer slept under a different tree each night. |
| (4) Immigrant | a person who comes to live permanently in a foreign country (it is about moving to a new country, not the opposite of a wandering life) | Many immigrants came to the city in search of work. |