Synonyms of cowpoke

cowpoke

noun

ˈkau̇-ˌpōk 

as in cowboy

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

it takes a long time to train a good cowpoke

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of cowpoke

Younger kids can choose from a selection of small plates portioned for cowpokes. — Outside Online, 17 July 2024

His fictional protagonists have included ornery cowpokes and professors of esoterica. — The New Yorker, 12 June 2024

Real 19th-century cowpokes typically dressed in heavy canvas trousers, bowlers and wore rawhide chaps as armor against thorny vegetation and the general filth of the job. — Guy Trebay, New York Times, 23 Apr. 2024

In the video, directed by Nicki Fletcher and Mason Allen, the two women walk around a rodeo as men ride bucking broncos, Murph raps a little, and the two women end up telling the cowpokes off. — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 9 June 2023