A solitary adventurer who travels or wanders the globe. Not all those who wander are lost, but all those who wander alone are definitely solivagants. From the Latin word solivagus, meaning lonely or solitary, solivagant describes anyone who enjoys meandering around new countries, alone, in order to take it all in.

A person with an irrepressible desire to travel is most commonly called a wanderer, but there are many more specialized and evocative terms used in 2026. A popular modern term is hodophile, which originates from the Greek words for "road" and "lover." For those who travel solo and enjoy the independence of the journey, the term solivagant is often used. If the person is a frequent traveler who moves from place to place rather than staying in one location, they might be described as itinerant or peripatetic. In a more literary sense, a wanderer can be called a wayfarer (if they travel on foot) or a globetrotter (if they travel internationally at high frequency). A more whimsical term is gadabout, which refers to someone who moves from one social event or vacation to another in search of pleasure. Whatever the title, the defining characteristic is "eleutheromania"—an intense and earnest zeal for freedom and the irresistible urge to escape the familiar in search of the unknown, a quality that is celebrated in the global "nomadic" culture of the mid-2020s.