Cavalcade

Quick meaning: Cavalcade is a noun meaning (collective) A procession of riders, vehicles, ships, etc.

Meaning

(collective) A procession of riders, vehicles, ships, etc.

More Meanings

1. A ceremonial parade.
2. A trail ride, usually more than one day long.
3. (by extension) An often dramatic series or chain of events or things.
4. 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

Example Sentences

Great numbers of horse were still cavalcading, but […]

Stranleigh found no difficulty in getting a cavalcade together at Bleacher’s station, an amazingly long distance west of New York.

[…] 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.

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.

Word Forms

• cavalcades
• cavalcading
• cavalcaded

Synonyms for cavalcade

Depending on context, synonyms include company, parade, procession, chain, series.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include parade, caravan, cavallard, train, caravanist, cafila.

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