Thesaurus results for CARAVANS

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noun

plural of caravan

as in fleets

a group of vehicles traveling together or under one management a funeral caravan slowly making its way down the street

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as in trailers

a motor vehicle that is specially equipped for living while traveling bought a caravan and drove cross-country to California

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caravans

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verb

present tense third-person singular of caravan

as in beds (down)

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Recent Examples of caravans

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Camel caravans on the Silk Road once passed through this flat, dusty scrubland. — Shilo Urban, Travel + Leisure, 13 June 2026 As random players began to join and leave the caravans, a rock tour energy developed. — Jonathan Rowe, SPIN, 1 June 2026 One of three motorcycle caravans crossing the country to honor military veterans passed through Central Arkansas on Sunday. — Daniel McFadin, Arkansas Online, 17 May 2026 The caravans leak during the rainy season and become ovens during the summer. — Annie Hylton, New Yorker, 14 May 2026 At one point, a new pain clinic opened in Broward every 72 hours as out-of-state caravans of cars, trucks and vans loaded up with pills slated for street sales. — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 2 May 2026 During the administration of President Claudia Sheinbaum, who came into office in October 2024, there have been 18 migrant caravans leaving from Tapachula. — ABC News, 21 Apr. 2026 Some threads of trade connected the different zones, like the Silk Road across central Asia, or the trans-Saharan caravans. — Literary Hub, 25 Mar. 2026 Kumari writes that horses from Central Asia mainly arrived in India over land routes, brought by merchants from nomadic cultures who traveled in caravans. — Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 20 Mar. 2026

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That approach removes the need for dedicated interceptor drones or specialized logistics support, which could simplify deployment across different military fleets.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 16 July 2026
The illustrations showed him fleets of Greek ships sailing for Troy to recover Helen, and men being transformed into livestock.

— Chris Moody, The Atlantic, 16 July 2026

Definition of fleets

Noun

Keep a distance from high profile vehicles such as trucks, buses and vehicles towing trailers.

— CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 16 July 2026
Sure, Lucky’s escape is nearly foiled by the fleet-of-foot federal agent, but the same could be said for dozens of similar encounters throughout the premiere, at more perilous junctures than a brief jog between immobile trailers.

— Ben Travers, IndieWire, 15 July 2026