convoy

¹con·voy

verb \ˈkän-ˌvȯi, kən-ˈ\

Definition of CONVOY

transitive verb

: accompany; especially : to escort for protection

Examples of CONVOY

1. The tankers were convoyed by warships.
2. Police and FBI agents convoyed the President to the White House.

Origin of CONVOY

Middle English, from Middle French convoier, from Old French conveier, from Vulgar Latin *conviare — more at convey

First Known Use: 14th century

Related to CONVOY

Synonyms: attend, chaperone (or chaperon), companion, company, accompany, escort, see, squire

Related Words: walk; associate, consort, pal (around), team (up); defend, guard, protect; bring, conduct, guide, lead, pilot, steer, usher; follow, shadow, tag, tag along, tail; hang (around), hover (over)

Near Antonyms: abandon, desert, ditch, dump, forsake

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Other Military Terms

bivouac, logistics, petard, salient, sally, supernumerary, tactical

Rhymes with CONVOY

ahoy, alloy, annoy, bad boy, ball boy, batboy, B-boy, beachboy, bellboy, bell buoy, best boy, big boy, bok choy, borzoi, boy toy, busboy, callboy, carboy, charpoy, choirboy, cowboy, decoy, deploy, destroy, doughboy, employ, enjoy, envoy, flyboy, footboy, Hanoi, hautbois, highboy, homeboy, houseboy, killjoy, Khoikhoi, life buoy, linkboy, lowboy, McCoy, newsboy, old boy, page boy, playboy, plowboy, po'boy, postboy, potboy, Quemoy, Rob Roy, Saint Croix, Savoy, schoolboy, sepoy, stock boy, tallboy, tatsoi, teapoy, Tolstoy, tomboy, travois, viceroy