caravan
1 of 2noun
car·a·van ˈker-ə-ˌvan 
ˈka-rə-
1
a
: a company of travelers on a journey through desert or hostile regions
also : a train of pack animals
b
: a group of vehicles traveling together (as in a file)
2
a
: a covered wagon or motor vehicle equipped as traveling living quarters
b
British : trailer sense 1b
caravan
2 of 2verb
caravanned or caravaned; caravanning or caravaning
intransitive verb
: to travel in a caravan
Synonyms
Noun
- armada
- cavalcade
- fleet
- line
- motorcade
- train
See all Synonyms & Antonyms 
Example Sentences
Noun a funeral caravan slowly making its way down the street bought a caravan and drove cross-country to California Verb We caravaned to the campsite.
Recent Examples on the Web
Eli Cahan, Rolling Stone, 23 July 2022 The Bali Hut Wellness Lounge, a caravan in-person healing experience at the New World Center fans can explore on July 16 and 17. Jamila Stewart, Essence, 7 July 2022 As the largest migrant caravan this year makes its way through Mexico toward the United States, numerous organizations on both sides of the border are trying to support the several thousand immigrants seeking asylum. Michela Moscufo, ABC News, 2 July 2022 Mexican immigration authorities on Saturday successfully disbanded a migrant caravan traveling from southern Mexico toward the U.S. border. Grayson Quay, The Week, 12 June 2022 The perpetrator blamed Jews for a migrant caravan that was then moving through Mexico. Peter Bergen, CNN, 15 May 2022 While ABT Across America featured similarly grueling drives—the company traveled across 14 states, logging 3,100 miles in three weeks—the new caravan featured some major upgrades. Alison S. Cohn, Harper's BAZAAR, 9 Aug. 2021 On Monday, healthcare workers held a honk-a-thon caravan to urge the community to stay home, their cars circling San Jacinto Plaza, where a sprawling Christmas tree celebrates what is usually a happy season. Dallas News, 21 Nov. 2020 The police-and-National-Guard caravan passed me several times, along with several solo police vehicles, their emergency lights set to a slow eternal twirl. J.c. Hallman, The New Republic, 4 June 2020 Jasmine Washington, Seventeen, 18 July 2022 On Friday night, protesters held a car caravan rally against the Locke shooting, FOX 9 reported. Dom Calicchio, Fox News, 28 May 2020 In politics, the media caravan moves swiftly on, and a vicious battle for the succession is now the big news story. Stephen Castle, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Aug. 2022 Some have compared it to the alarming reports, leading up to the 2018 midterm elections, about a massive migrant caravan from Central America traveling to the U.S.-Mexican border. al, 17 July 2022 Topping it off, a handful of classic cars will caravan from LeMay-America’s Car Museum in Tacoma, Washington, to Detroit, via some of America’s finest national parks and a stop at The Gilmore Car Museum near Kalamazoo. Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 9 July 2022 Around Virginia, buses were being plastered with banners and ham radio operators were gearing up to coordinate a potentially massive gun-rights caravan to the state Capitol on Monday. Washington Post, 16 Jan. 2021 Donald Trump couldn’t make that fearsome caravan a decisive issue in 2018. Daniel Strauss, The New Republic, 27 Apr. 2022 His one-man-caravan heads West by Midwest twice around the July 30 release of his new record for Smithsonian Folkways, culminating Nov. 13 at St. Paul’s Palace Theatre. Star Tribune, 2 July 2021 See More
Noun
After a month, Claudia, Joseph, and Michal’s caravan made it to Tijuana. Eli Cahan, Rolling Stone, 23 July 2022 The Bali Hut Wellness Lounge, a caravan in-person healing experience at the New World Center fans can explore on July 16 and 17. Jamila Stewart, Essence, 7 July 2022 As the largest migrant caravan this year makes its way through Mexico toward the United States, numerous organizations on both sides of the border are trying to support the several thousand immigrants seeking asylum. Michela Moscufo, ABC News, 2 July 2022 Mexican immigration authorities on Saturday successfully disbanded a migrant caravan traveling from southern Mexico toward the U.S. border. Grayson Quay, The Week, 12 June 2022 The perpetrator blamed Jews for a migrant caravan that was then moving through Mexico. Peter Bergen, CNN, 15 May 2022 While ABT Across America featured similarly grueling drives—the company traveled across 14 states, logging 3,100 miles in three weeks—the new caravan featured some major upgrades. Alison S. Cohn, Harper's BAZAAR, 9 Aug. 2021 On Monday, healthcare workers held a honk-a-thon caravan to urge the community to stay home, their cars circling San Jacinto Plaza, where a sprawling Christmas tree celebrates what is usually a happy season. Dallas News, 21 Nov. 2020 The police-and-National-Guard caravan passed me several times, along with several solo police vehicles, their emergency lights set to a slow eternal twirl. J.c. Hallman, The New Republic, 4 June 2020 Verb
The collection will also be available at Hot Holiday caravan pop-up shops. Jasmine Washington, Seventeen, 18 July 2022 On Friday night, protesters held a car caravan rally against the Locke shooting, FOX 9 reported. Dom Calicchio, Fox News, 28 May 2020 In politics, the media caravan moves swiftly on, and a vicious battle for the succession is now the big news story. Stephen Castle, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Aug. 2022 Some have compared it to the alarming reports, leading up to the 2018 midterm elections, about a massive migrant caravan from Central America traveling to the U.S.-Mexican border. al, 17 July 2022 Topping it off, a handful of classic cars will caravan from LeMay-America’s Car Museum in Tacoma, Washington, to Detroit, via some of America’s finest national parks and a stop at The Gilmore Car Museum near Kalamazoo. Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 9 July 2022 Around Virginia, buses were being plastered with banners and ham radio operators were gearing up to coordinate a potentially massive gun-rights caravan to the state Capitol on Monday. Washington Post, 16 Jan. 2021 Donald Trump couldn’t make that fearsome caravan a decisive issue in 2018. Daniel Strauss, The New Republic, 27 Apr. 2022 His one-man-caravan heads West by Midwest twice around the July 30 release of his new record for Smithsonian Folkways, culminating Nov. 13 at St. Paul’s Palace Theatre. Star Tribune, 2 July 2021 See More Word History
Etymology
Noun
Italian caravana, from Persian kārvān
First Known Use
Noun
1588, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
Verb
1885, in the meaning defined above
Kids Definition
caravan
noun
car·a·van ˈker-ə-ˌvan
1
: a group (of people or animals) traveling together on a long journey
2
: a group of vehicles traveling together one behind the other
caravans 1 of 2
noun
1
as in fleets
a group of vehicles traveling together or under one management a funeral caravan slowly making its way down the street Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- fleets
- convoys
- armadas
- flotillas
- cavalcades
- parades
- trains
- processions
- motorcades
- lines
- argosies
- navies
- corteges
- columns
- cortèges
2
as in trailers
a motor vehicle that is specially equipped for living while traveling bought a caravan and drove cross-country to California Synonyms & Similar Words
- trailers
- campers
- vans
- RVs
- motor homes
- recreational vehicles
- mobile homes
- house trailers
- coaches
caravans
2 of 2verb
as in backpacks
Synonyms & Similar Words
- backpacks
- tents
- beds (down)
- sleeps out
- bivouacs
- camps (out)
- encamps
- swear blind
- swear by
- swear for
- swear in
- swear off
- swear on one's mother's grave
- swear on the Bible
- swear out
- swear someone to secrecy
- swear someone to silence
- swear to secrecy
- swear to silence
- swear up and down
- swear word
- swearer
- swearer-in
- swearers
- swearers-in
- swearing
- swearing in
- swearing out
- swearings
- swears
- swears in
- swears out