What does cavalcade mean?
Cavalcade means (collective) A procession of riders, vehicles, ships, etc..
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/ˈkæv.əlˌkeɪd/ · noun
(collective) 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 pressure, when it is often a case of "first in—first out" with locomotive allocations at sheds.
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.
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, …
Stranleigh found no difficulty in getting a cavalcade together at Bleacher’s station, an amazingly long distance west of New York.
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.
Great numbers of horse were still cavalcading, but […]
[…] 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.
Use cavalcade when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Cavalcade means (collective) A procession of riders, vehicles, ships, etc..
Common synonyms include company, parade, procession, chain.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
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 pressure, when it is often a case of "first in—first out" with locomotive allocations at sheds.
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