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

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1. List of paraphrases for "cavalry":

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

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How to use cavalry in a sentence?

1. Army Sgt. Corrin Campbell:

   I think it kind of blows their mind a little bit that I'm a combat veteran of the 1st Cavalry Division and now they are seeing me on stage at their school, they are surprised that I have a job that makes me look like a normal person, (yet) associated with something that makes them think I'm not normal.

2. John McDermott:

   Heartbroken. I mean, they are the cavalry.

3. 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,'.

4. Ed Asner:

   ... After I stumbled through that disaster, I figured the damage was done, so I might as well continue the performance. I do n’t lead cavalry charges down Pennsylvania Avenue, but I ’ll make comments. And with the president we’ve got now, how can you not comment on this evil ? It’s an unbelievable aberration. And it’s not because of him, it’s what he represents that enormous core of self-seeking, discriminating, angry, racist people in the United States.

5. 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.