Synonyms for cavalry
ˈkæv əl ricav·al·ry

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:3.0 / 2 votes

1. cavalry, horse cavalry, horsenoun

   troops trained to fight on horseback

   "500 horse led the attack"

   Synonyms:
   knight, buck, sawbuck, gymnastic horse, sawhorse, horse, horse cavalry

2. cavalrynoun

   a highly mobile army unit

   Synonyms:
   horse, horse cavalry

Matched Categories

1. • Army Unit
   • Military
   • Troops

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. cavalrynoun

   Synonyms:
   horse-soldiers, troops on horseback, mounted soldiers

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "cavalry":

   cav, horsemen, knights, armored, riders, battalion, chivalry

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1. Jeffrey Toobin:

   They can watch and hope and keep fighting that this could be a message to Paul Manafort, this could be a message to Michael Cohen that,' Hang in there and the cavalry will come sooner or later,'.

2. Fred Trotter:

   Such Facebook groups've been doing the digital equivalent of performing CPR, there's a certain moral obligation when you're first on the scene. Such Facebook groups're continually waiting for the cavalry to arrive.

3. Chris Morris:

   And what do the Theban hoplites see in this extended rending of the sky, this white-bright glory of Enlil's lightning? The future, but not theirs: paired cavalry fighters; formed ranks of armored death; grim men on their tall horses with lightning limning weapons tailored to the task; men spoiling for a fight if the gods allowed -- the Sacred Band of Stepsons, out from shadows and the dark.

4. Mindy Patterson:

   The Cavalry Group maintains that Keith Wilson is innocent of all charges and that Keith Wilson will be cleared when Keith Wilson has Keith Wilson day in court.

5. John McDermott:

   Heartbroken. I mean, they are the cavalry.