cavalcade
Syllables: cav·al·cade/ˈkæv.əlˌkeɪd/
cavalcade noun: a procession of riders, vehicles, ships, etc.
Noun
cavalcade (plural cavalcades)
- A procession of riders, vehicles, ships, etc.
- To the onlooker, and particularly to those whose memories go back to pre-grouping days, the modern cavalcade of "V2s" and "B1s" is apt to become a little monotonous; but to any running man the general utility characteristics of these two classes are a perfect godsend at times of exceptional...1949 November and December, O. S. Nock, “Twenty-Four Hours at York—2”, in Railway Magazine, pages 357–358
- Synonyms:
- company
- A ceremonial parade.
- For the first three hours all went as well as could be expected, and then an accident happened that nearly lost us the pleasure of the company of our venerable friend Billali, whose litter was leading the cavalcade.1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC
- In the second row of the cavalcade were Francie, Fanny's god-daughter, now thirteen years old and already elegant in long frilled pantalettes, tartan skirts, and a leghorn hat with streamers, …1929, M. Barnard Eldershaw, A House Is Built, Chapter IX, Section iii
- Synonyms:
- parade, procession
- A trail ride, usually more than one day long.
- Stranleigh found no difficulty in getting a cavalcade together at Bleacher’s station, an amazingly long distance west of New York.1913, Robert Barr, chapter 5, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad
- An often dramatic series or chain of events or things.
- As soon as I visited this website, a cavalcade of dialog boxes started to appear on my screen; that's when I realized my computer was infected with a virus.
Verb
cavalcade (third-person singular simple present cavalcades, present participle cavalcading, simple past and past participle cavalcaded)
- To move as part of a series or group, such as marchers in a parade or snow in an avalanche, especially in large numbers or in a chaotic or dangerous fashion
- Great numbers of horse were still cavalcading, but […]1725, John Windhus, “A Journey to Mequinez”, in John Pinkerton, The Best and Most Interesting Voyages and Travels, Volume 15, Longman et al. (1814), page 478
- […] although for the most part he believed the devil was too good a general to let his soldiers waste their time in cavalcading about on broom-sticks.1866, Elizabeth Charles, The Draytons and the Davenants, M. W. Dodd, pages 348–9
cavalcade meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Malayalam and Kannada
cavalcade in Tamil
- புரவிவீரர் பந்தி, படை அணிவகுப்பு, குதிரைகளின்மீது இவர்ந்து பவனிசெல்
cavalcade in Bengali
- অশ্বারোহী, গাড়ির শোভাযাত্রা
cavalcade in Malayalam
- procession, parade, motorcade
- അശ്വാരൂഢന്മാരുടെ ഘോഷയാത്ര, കുതിരസ്സവാരിസംഘം, ഘോഷയാത്ര, സെെനികപ്രദർശനം, പടയണി, ജാഥ
cavalcade in Kannada
- ಕುದುರೆ ಸವಾರರ ಸೈನ್ಯ, ಅಶ್ವದಳ
Synonyms of cavalcade
Forms of cavalcade
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | cavalcades |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | cavalcades |
| present participle | cavalcading |
| past participle | cavalcaded |
| past | cavalcaded |
Origin of cavalcade
From French cavalcade, from Old French cavalcade, from Old Italian cavalcata, from cavalcare (“to ride on horseback”), from Medieval Latin caballicō, from Vulgar Latin caballus (“horse”). Doublet of chevauchee.
Words formed from cavalcade
Words that rhyme with cavalcade
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- abraid
- blockade
- cade
- fade
- glade
- raid
- upbraid
- abrade
- crusade
- esplanade
- invade
- lade
- unlaid
- upgrade
- brigade
- brocade
- colonnade
- displayed
- glissade
- grenade
- paid
- palisade
- unlade
- afraid
- ambuscade
- arcade
- corrade
- degrade
- enfilade
- evade
- jade
- lemonade
- made
- maid
- persuade
- pomade
- spade
- unmade
- aide
- cannonade
- carbonade
- carronade
- clade
- cockade
- Dade
- decayed
- dragonnade
- embayed
Questions about cavalcade
- What does cavalcade mean?
- Cavalcade means a procession of riders, vehicles, ships, etc.
- What is cavalcade in Tamil?
- Cavalcade in Tamil is புரவிவீரர் பந்தி, படை அணிவகுப்பு, குதிரைகளின்மீது இவர்ந்து பவனிசெல். See Cavalcade meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is cavalcade?
- Cavalcade can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce cavalcade?
- Cavalcade is pronounced /ˈkæv.əlˌkeɪd/.
- What is the plural of cavalcade?
- The plural of cavalcade is cavalcades.
Words near cavalcade in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: cavalcade (page history and authors); cavalcade (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); cavalcade (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); cavalcade (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); cavalcade (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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