Synonyms of cowman

cowman

noun

ˈkau̇-mən 

as in cowboy

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

an expert cowman who can round up the livestock in no time

Synonyms & Similar Words

• cowboy
• cowpuncher
• cowhand
• cowpoke
• rancher
• buckaroo
• horseman
• wrangler
• waddy
• cattleman
• stockman
• cowgirl
• vaquero
• gaucho
• caballero
• herdsman
• horsewoman
• herder
• drover
• cowherd

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of cowman

The picture-perfect cowman’s paradise of Stockyards City is true to its stripes—and nowhere is this more evident than in Cattlemen’s Steakhouse. — Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 29 Mar. 2025

The reply of my friend and hunting companion was one of those quaint, rasping epithets which only a cowman can manage when everything has gone wrong. — Frank C. Hibben, Outdoor Life, 27 Feb. 2025

McGuinn’s handshake indicated that, indeed, the farmer and the cowman, or the country traditionalist and the Byrd-man, could be friends. — Chris Willman, Variety, 16 Jan. 2022

The crowd roared in wonder, then stood again, whooping like farmers and cowmen. — Sarah Larson, The New Yorker, 17 June 2019