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cowboy

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of cowboy

a hired hand who tends cattle or horses at a ranch or on the range

cowboys were rounding up the cattle for branding

Synonyms of cowboy

buckaroo (also buckeroo), cowhand, cowman, cowpoke, cowpuncher, waddy (or waddie) [West], wrangler

Words Related to cowboy

caballero [chiefly Southwest], gaucho, vaquero

horseman, horsewoman

cattleman, rancher, stockman

cowherd, drover, herder, herdsman

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