Synonyms for cowboy
ˈkaʊˌbɔɪcow·boy

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1. cowboy, cowpuncher, puncher, cowman, cattleman, cowpoke, cowhand, cowherdnoun

   a hired hand who tends cattle and performs other duties on horseback

   Synonyms:
   cowpuncher, beef man, cattleman, cowhand, puncher, cow man, cowherd, cowpoke, punch, cowman, rodeo rider

2. cowboy, rodeo ridernoun

   a performer who gives exhibitions of riding and roping and bulldogging

   Synonyms:
   cowpuncher, cattleman, cowhand, puncher, cowherd, cowpoke, cowman, rodeo rider

3. cowboynoun

   someone who is reckless or irresponsible (especially in driving vehicles)

   Synonyms:
   cowpuncher, cattleman, cowhand, puncher, cowherd, cowpoke, cowman, rodeo rider

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1. • Adventurer
   • Performer
   • Ranch Hand

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. cowboynoun

   Synonyms:
   cattle herder, drover, herdsman, vaquero

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1. List of paraphrases for "cowboy":

   buster, bullfighter, denim

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1. Conductor Ludwig Wicki:

   For me it's a combination of music and horses and landscapes. When I was young I dreamed to be a cowboy, and I think that's what Western is, it's a dream for mostly boys, to be a cowboy or an Indian, and have these beautiful clothes, we played that in the forest, and that's still in my heart.

2. Roger McGuinn:

   When The Byrds started country-rock, we had no idea there would be such a thing. We were just trying to honor the music. We started listening to country radio. We went to Nudie's and got cowboy clothes.

3. Marsha Farney:

   People even overseas, when they see a cowboy hat, they have an affiliation of Texas with that cowboy hat.

4. Tony Glover:

   You said Father of Night was written for a play, and Lay Lady Lay was done for Midnight Cowboy, actually it was written for Barbra Streisand.

5. Rose Dickinson:

   The government's plans pervert the planning process and could make England's landscape a wild west for whatever cowboy wants to start drilling and digging up our countryside.