CONVOYS Synonyms: 74 Similar and Opposite Words

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verb

present tense third-person singular of convoy

as in accompanies

to go along with in order to provide assistance, protection, or companionship will convoy the shipment to its destination in the war zone

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convoys

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noun

plural of convoy

as in flotillas

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as in defenders

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Verb

Though the post is still live, Rodrigo's track that accompanies the video does not play.

— KiMi Robinson, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2026
Visiting the Grand Canyon — a crown jewel of the national park system — can be particularly dangerous in the summer because of the risk of flash flooding that accompanies the monsoon, or rainy season.

— Jamie Stengle, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of accompanies

Noun

According to Euronews, the ships belonged to the German Kriegsmarine’s Danube and Black Sea flotillas, which were intentionally sunk as German forces retreated before the advancing Soviet Red Army during the final months of World War II.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 4 Aug. 2026
Brian Hurley predicts, meanwhile, that as more independent astronauts from around the world begin occupying the orbital rings closest to Earth, SpaceX could move to connect up small flotillas of Starships into larger interlinked clusters.

— Kevin Holden Platt, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026

Definition of flotillas

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Elsewhere, La’an escorts the one person who can save Spock via a cloned heart transplant, Sybok, Spock’s half-brother (though by all appearances his twin since he’s played by Ethan Peck).

— Keith Phipps, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2026
Once the animal gets close to the staffers, one of the employees carefully picks up the fox and escorts it out of the water and away from the ride.

— Kelli Bender, PEOPLE, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of escorts

Noun

In addition to the pickup truck issues, Ford said its sales have been impacted by the discontinuation of two vehicles earlier this year that makes comparisons harder to meet as well as planned lower sales to daily rental fleets.

— Michael Wayland, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2026
That capability could prove useful for fleets that need charging capacity before permanent infrastructure arrives.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of fleets

Noun

In true Renaissance fashion, the two were surrounded by their yeomen, personal bodyguards to the nobles.

— Rashad Alexander August 31, Kansas City Star, 31 Aug. 2026
The Dutch police assigned round-the-clock bodyguards to protect Tahmasbi and began shuttling him through a series of safe houses.

— Cora Engelbrecht, New Yorker, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of bodyguards

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