Many drivers have a cavalier attitude towards the rules of the road.
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Cavalier
/ˌkævəˈlɪɚ/
Synonyms for "cavalier" (144 found)
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Closest matches (29)
Strong matches (43)
Adjective(1 words)
Related words (72)
horse soldierhorseback riderhorsebackerhorsemanhorsewomanhuffyinamoratoinsolentjockeyknightknight bachelorknight banneretknight baronetknight-errantlady killerlady-killerlancelotloftylordlylothario
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love-makermanmounted policemanneckerold manoverbearingpetterphilandererpostboypostilionproudpuncherriderritterromeoroughroughridersafe conductsafe-conductseducerseveresharpsheikshepherdshortsidneysir galahadsnippysquiresteeplechasersugar daddysuitorsupercilioussuperiorsurlyswaintoploftytrick ridertruculentushervaqueroyoung man
Related word relations
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More general
14 entriesattitudebehaviorconductdispositionfactionindividualmale aristocratmannermonarchistnoblepersonpolitical grouproyalistwarrior
More specific
13 entriescarelessnesscourtesycrusaderdandyflippancygallant mangallantryknight errantnonchalancepaladinrashnessroyalist officerroyalist soldier
Collocations
9 entriescavalier approachcavalier attitudecavalier behaviorcavalier disregardcavalier knightcavalier mannercavalier officercavalier stanceroyalist cavalier
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
4 entriessimilar
1 entriesTranslations
13 translations across 10 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- кавалер noun (well mannered man; a gentleman)
Danish
1 entries- kavaler noun (well mannered man; a gentleman)
Finnish
2 entries- cavalierkingcharlesinspanieli noun (type of dog)
- herrasmies noun (well mannered man; a gentleman)
French
1 entries- cavalier noun (well mannered man; a gentleman)
German
1 entries- Kavalier noun (well mannered man; a gentleman)
Irish
2 entries- cúirteoir noun (well mannered man; a gentleman)
- gaige noun (well mannered man; a gentleman)
Macedonian
1 entries- кавале́р noun (well mannered man; a gentleman)
Portuguese
1 entries- cavalheiro noun (well mannered man; a gentleman)
Russian
2 entries- кавале́р noun (well mannered man; a gentleman)
- ры́царь noun (well mannered man; a gentleman)
Spanish
1 entries- caballero noun (well mannered man; a gentleman)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
I don't know whether you observed it, Watson, but the Colonel's manner has been just a trifle cavalier to me.
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And thus no cavalier appeared to rival or to obscure the ideal picture of chivalrous excellence which Lucy had pictured to herself in the Master of Ravenswood.
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But, on the following day, no sign of Poirot. I was getting angry. He was really treating us in the most cavalier fashion.
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