Cowboy

//ˈkaʊˌbɔɪ//

Synonyms for "cowboy" (56 found)

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Related word relations

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Translations

125 translations across 58 languages.

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Albanian

1 entries
  • lopçar noun (person who tends cattle)

Arabic

3 entries
  • بَقّار noun (person who tends cattle)
  • رَاعِي بَقَر noun (person who tends cattle)
  • رَعَوِيّ الْبَقَر noun (person who tends cattle)

Armenian

1 entries
  • կովբոյ noun (person who tends cattle)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • kovboy noun (person who tends cattle)

Bashkir

2 entries
  • ковбой noun (man who identifies with cowboy culture)
  • көтөүсе noun (person who tends cattle)

Belarusian

2 entries
  • каўбо́й noun (man who identifies with cowboy culture)
  • пасту́х noun (person who tends cattle)

Bengali

1 entries
  • রাখাল noun (person who tends cattle)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • каубо́й noun (man who identifies with cowboy culture)
  • пасти́р noun (person who tends cattle)

Catalan

1 entries
  • vaquer noun (person who tends cattle)

Chinese Cantonese

2 entries
  • 牛仔 noun (man who identifies with cowboy culture)
  • 牧人 noun (person who tends cattle)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 牛仔 noun (man who identifies with cowboy culture)
  • 牧人 noun (person who tends cattle)

Cornish

1 entries
  • bughwas noun (person who tends cattle)

Czech

1 entries
  • kovboj noun (person who tends cattle)

Danish

1 entries
  • cowboy noun (person who tends cattle)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • vakero noun (person who tends cattle)

Finnish

4 entries
  • cowboy noun (person who tends cattle)
  • cowboy-fani noun (man who identifies with cowboy culture)
  • karjapaimen noun (person who tends cattle)
  • petkuttaja noun (a dishonest and incompetent worker)

French

4 entries
  • cow-boy noun (person who tends cattle)
  • cow-boy noun (man who identifies with cowboy culture)
  • cowboy noun (person who tends cattle)
  • cowboy noun (man who identifies with cowboy culture)

Georgian

1 entries
  • კოვბოი noun (person who tends cattle)

German

3 entries
  • Cowboy noun (person who tends cattle)
  • Cowboy noun (man who identifies with cowboy culture)
  • Kuhhirte noun (person who tends cattle)

Greek

2 entries
  • αγελαδάρης noun (person who tends cattle)
  • ατζαμής noun (a dishonest and incompetent worker)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • בּוֹקֵר noun (person who tends cattle)

Hindi

2 entries
  • काउबॉय noun (person who tends cattle)
  • गोपाल noun (person who tends cattle)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • kúreki noun (person who tends cattle)

Irish

1 entries
  • buachaill bó noun (person who tends cattle)

Italian

3 entries
  • mandriano noun (person who tends cattle)
  • vaccaio noun (person who tends cattle)
  • vaccaro noun (person who tends cattle)

Japanese

3 entries
  • カウボーイ noun (man who identifies with cowboy culture)
  • 牧人 noun (person who tends cattle)
  • 牧夫 noun (person who tends cattle)

Kazakh

4 entries
  • бақташы noun (person who tends cattle)
  • малшы noun (person who tends cattle)
  • сиыршы noun (person who tends cattle)
  • табыншы noun (person who tends cattle)

Khmer

4 entries
  • ខូវប៊ noun (person who tends cattle)
  • ខូវប៊ noun (man who identifies with cowboy culture)
  • ខោវប៊យ noun (person who tends cattle)
  • ខោវប៊យ noun (man who identifies with cowboy culture)

Korean

2 entries
  • 목자 noun (person who tends cattle)
  • 카우보이 noun (man who identifies with cowboy culture)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • кесерге noun (person who tends cattle)

Latin

1 entries
  • bubulcus noun (person who tends cattle)

Macedonian

4 entries
  • го́ведар noun (person who tends cattle)
  • каубо́ец noun (person who tends cattle)
  • каубо́ец noun (man who identifies with cowboy culture)
  • каубо́ј noun (person who tends cattle)

Malay

1 entries
  • koboi noun (person who tends cattle)

Marathi

2 entries
  • काउबॉय noun (person who tends cattle)
  • काउबॉय noun (man who identifies with cowboy culture)

Māori

2 entries
  • kaupoai noun (person who tends cattle)
  • kaupoai noun (person who tends cattle)

Navajo

1 entries
  • akałii noun (person who tends cattle)

Northern Kurdish

3 entries
  • gavan noun (person who tends cattle)
  • kawboy noun (man who identifies with cowboy culture)
  • kowboy noun (man who identifies with cowboy culture)

Norwegian Bokmål

3 entries
  • cowboy noun (person who tends cattle)
  • cowboy noun (man who identifies with cowboy culture)
  • cowboy noun (a dishonest and incompetent worker)

Norwegian Nynorsk

3 entries
  • cowboy noun (person who tends cattle)
  • cowboy noun (man who identifies with cowboy culture)
  • cowboy noun (a dishonest and incompetent worker)

Persian

2 entries
  • کابوی noun (person who tends cattle)
  • گاوچران noun (person who tends cattle)

Polish

4 entries
  • kowboj noun (person who tends cattle)
  • kowboje noun (person who tends cattle)
  • kowbojka noun (person who tends cattle)
  • kowbojki noun (person who tends cattle)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • caubói noun (person who tends cattle)
  • caubói noun (man who identifies with cowboy culture)
  • caubói noun (one who engages in reckless behavior)
  • machão noun (one who engages in reckless behavior)

Romanian

1 entries
  • văcar noun (person who tends cattle)

Russian

4 entries
  • га́учо noun (person who tends cattle)
  • ковбо́й noun (person who tends cattle)
  • ковбо́й noun (man who identifies with cowboy culture)
  • пасту́х noun (person who tends cattle)

Scots

1 entries
  • coolad noun (person who tends cattle)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • gille-cruidh noun (person who tends cattle)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • kàuboj noun (person who tends cattle)
  • ка̀убој noun (person who tends cattle)

Spanish

4 entries
  • gaucho noun (person who tends cattle)
  • huaso noun (person who tends cattle)
  • llanero noun (person who tends cattle)
  • vaquero noun (person who tends cattle)

Swedish

3 entries
  • cowboy noun (person who tends cattle)
  • cowboysare noun (person who tends cattle)
  • kobojsare noun (person who tends cattle)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • bakero noun (person who tends cattle)

Thai

2 entries
  • คาวบอย noun (person who tends cattle)
  • คาวบอย noun (man who identifies with cowboy culture)

Turkish

1 entries
  • kovboy noun (person who tends cattle)

Ukrainian

3 entries
  • ковбо́й noun (man who identifies with cowboy culture)
  • корівни́к noun (person who tends cattle)
  • пасту́х noun (person who tends cattle)

Urdu

2 entries
  • کاؤبای noun (person who tends cattle)
  • گوپال noun (person who tends cattle)

Uzbek

1 entries
  • kovboy noun (person who tends cattle)

Vietnamese

2 entries
  • cao bồi noun (person who tends cattle)
  • cao bồi noun (one who engages in reckless behavior)

Welsh

1 entries
  • cowboi noun (person who tends cattle)

Yiddish

2 entries
  • קאַובאָי noun (person who tends cattle)
  • קאַובוי noun (person who tends cattle)

Sample sentences

14 total sentences available.

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Do you know where I might find small cowboy boots?

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A cowboy is driving cattle to the pasture.

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Did you see the cowboy film on TV last night?

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The actor really played cowboy roles better than any other actor.

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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.