Saddle

/ˈsædl̩/

Synonyms for "saddle" (182 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (37)

add ascribeback bandbackstrapbearing reinbedbed downbellyband bench bitblade roastblind blinders blinds break breast breeching bridle brisket brush

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camel saddlecaparison cavesson chair charge chateaubriand checkrein cheekpiece chinband chine

Noun(5 words)

attachbiaxial jointbicycle seatbracket burden

Verb(2 words)

burden charge

Strong matches (54)

chuckchuck roastcinch clod colcold cutscollar comb crownband crupper cumber curb curry currycomb cursecurule chairdais drench encumber esker

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feed fetterfilet mignonflank fodder freightgag swivelgentle girth groom hackamore halter hames hametugs hamper handicap handle harness headgear headstall helmhip strapshitchhitch uphogback

Noun(9 words)

clamp col cols cradle dena encumber equip fit foist

Related words (91)

hook uphorseback howdah impede impose inflict jaquimajerk linejockey saddlekame knuckle lade lines litter load loin lumber manage martingale milk

Show 59 more words

noseband oppress overburden overload overtax overweight panel pillion plateplate piecepole strappot roastrack reins restrict ribrib roastribbons ribs ridge roastrolled roastroundrub downrumprump roastsaddle withsaddleback seatseat of powerseat of stateshaft tugshankshort ribsshouldershoulder clodside checksirloin snaffle spine surcingle tack tackle tame task tax tend tenderloin tether train trappings tug water weighweigh uponweightwinker braceswoolsack yoke

Noun(12 words)

horse seatimpose load markabpack saddlepass passesriding seatsaddle type jointsaddleback seat support

Choosing the right synonym

Closest matches in this entry: add, ascribe, attach, back band, backstrap.
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Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

6 relation types

More general

25 entries

anatomical jointattachbody partburden burthen command cutcut of meatequipment fasten fixture gear impose joint landformmountain pass

Showing 16 of 25 words.

More specific

14 entries

broad saddledebtenglish saddleexpenseglacial saddleliabilitypack saddlepipe saddleresponsibilitysaddle blanketsaddle padthumb saddle jointtube saddlewestern saddle

Collocations

6 entries

english saddlepack saddlesaddle bagsaddle hornsaddle padwestern saddle

Inflections

3 entries

saddled saddles saddling

Derivations

2 entries

saddler saddlery

Antonyms

1 entries

unsaddle

Translations

225 translations across 137 languages.

Afrikaans

1 entries

saal noun (seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal)

Albanian

1 entries

shalë noun (seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal)

Amharic

2 entries

ኮር noun (seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal)
ኮርቻ noun (seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal)

Ancient Greek

1 entries

σάγμα noun (seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal)

Arabic

4 entries

سرج noun (seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal)
سرج noun (seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal)
سَرْج noun (seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal)
مَرْكَب noun (seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal)

Argobba

1 entries

ኮርቻ noun (seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal)

Armenian

1 entries

թամբ noun (seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal)

Aromanian

3 entries

shauã noun (seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal)
nshel verb ((transitive) to put a saddle on (an animal))
nshiuedz verb ((transitive) to put a saddle on (an animal))

Avar

1 entries

кьили noun (seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal)

Azerbaijani

2 entries

yəhər noun (seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal)
yəhərləmək verb ((transitive) to put a saddle on (an animal))

Bashkir

1 entries

эйәр noun (seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal)

Belarusian

1 entries

сядло́ noun (seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal)

Bengali

1 entries

জিন noun (seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal)

Breton

1 entries

dibr noun (seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal)

Bulgarian

2 entries

седло́ noun (seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal)
оседлавам verb ((transitive) to put a saddle on (an animal))

Burmese

1 entries

ကုန်းနှီး noun (seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal)

Buryat

1 entries

эмээл noun (seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal)

Catalan

1 entries

sella noun (seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal)

Central Kurdish

1 entries

زین noun (seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal)

Chechen

1 entries

нуьйр noun (seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal)

Cherokee

1 entries

ᎦᏯᎱᎶ noun (seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal)

Chichewa

1 entries

sadulo noun (seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

鞍 noun (seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal)
鞍子 noun (seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal)
鞍座 noun (seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal)
馬鞍 /马鞍 noun (seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal)

Church Slavic

1 entries

седьло noun (seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal)

Chuvash

1 entries

йӗнер noun (seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal)

Cornish

1 entries

diber noun (seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal)

Crimean Tatar

1 entries

eger noun (seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal)

Czech

2 entries

sedlo noun (seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal)
osedlat verb ((transitive) to put a saddle on (an animal))

Dalmatian

1 entries

siala noun (seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal)

Dari

1 entries

زِین noun (seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal)

Drung

1 entries

ga noun (seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal)

Dutch

2 entries

zadel noun (seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal)
zadelen verb ((transitive) to put a saddle on (an animal))

Esperanto

1 entries

selo noun (seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal)

Estonian

1 entries

sadul noun (seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal)

Faroese

1 entries

saðil noun (seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal)

Finnish

4 entries

satula noun (seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal)
satula noun (something resembling a saddle in appearance or shape)
satula noun (depression located along the axial trend of an anticline)
kiinnittää verb (to put (something) on to another thing like a saddle on an animal)

French

2 entries

selle noun (seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal)
seller verb ((transitive) to put a saddle on (an animal))

Friulian

1 entries

siele noun (seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal)

Galician

2 entries

sela noun (seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal)
enselar verb ((transitive) to put a saddle on (an animal))

Ge'ez

4 entries

ሕንባል noun (seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal)
ራሕን noun (seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal)
አሪጓዝ noun (seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal)
ኮር noun (seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal)

Georgian

3 entries

უნაგირი noun (seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal)
უნაგირის დადგმა verb ((transitive) to put a saddle on (an animal))
შეკაზმვა verb ((transitive) to put a saddle on (an animal))

German

3 entries

Sattel noun (seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal)
besatteln verb ((transitive) to put a saddle on (an animal))
satteln verb ((transitive) to put a saddle on (an animal))

Greek

1 entries

σέλα noun (seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal)

Haitian Creole

1 entries

sèl noun (seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal)

Hawaiian

1 entries

noho noun (seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal)

Hebrew

1 entries

אֻכָּף \ אוכף noun (seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal)

Hindi

4 entries

काठी noun (seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal)
चारजामा noun (seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal)
ज़ीन noun (seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal)
पलान noun (seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal)

Hungarian

3 entries

nyereg noun (seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal)
felnyergel verb ((transitive) to put a saddle on (an animal))
nyergel verb ((transitive) to put a saddle on (an animal))

Icelandic

2 entries

hnakkur noun (seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal)
söðull noun (seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal)

Ido

1 entries

selo noun (seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal)

Ingrian

2 entries

satuloija verb ((transitive) to put a saddle on (an animal))
satuloittaa verb ((transitive) to put a saddle on (an animal))

Iranian Persian

1 entries

زین noun (seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal)

Irish

1 entries

diallait noun (seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal)

Italian

2 entries

sella noun (seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal)
sellare verb ((transitive) to put a saddle on (an animal))

Japanese

4 entries

サドル noun (seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal)
鞍 noun (seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal)
鞍を付ける verb ((transitive) to put a saddle on (an animal))
鞍を置く verb ((transitive) to put a saddle on (an animal))

Kalmyk

2 entries

эмәл noun (seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal)
әмәл noun (seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal)

Karachay-Balkar

2 entries

джер noun (seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal)
иер noun (seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal)

Kazakh

2 entries

ашамай noun (seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal)
ер noun (seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal)

Khakas

1 entries

изер noun (seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal)

Khmer

2 entries

គែប noun (seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal)
អាន noun (seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal)

Komi-Zyrian

2 entries

седлӧ noun (seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal)
ӧныр noun (seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal)

Korean

1 entries

안장 noun (seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal)

Kyrgyz

1 entries

ээр noun (seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal)

Lak

1 entries

кӏили noun (seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal)

Lao

2 entries

ອານ noun (seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal)
ອານມ້າ noun (seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal)

Latgalian

1 entries

sadli noun (seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal)

Latin

1 entries

sella noun (seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal)

Latvian

2 entries

segli noun (seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal)
seglot verb ((transitive) to put a saddle on (an animal))

Lithuanian

2 entries

balnas noun (seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal)
balnoti verb ((transitive) to put a saddle on (an animal))

Low German

1 entries

Sadel noun (seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal)

Lower Sorbian

1 entries

sodło noun (seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal)

Luxembourgish

2 entries

Suedel noun (seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal)
suedelen verb ((transitive) to put a saddle on (an animal))

Macedonian

2 entries

седло noun (seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal)
седла verb ((transitive) to put a saddle on (an animal))

Malay

3 entries

jin noun (seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal)
pelana noun (seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal)
sekedup noun (seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal)

Maltese

1 entries

sarġ noun (seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal)

Manchu

1 entries

ᡝᠩᡤᡝᠮᡠ noun (seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal)

Mongolian

2 entries

эмээл noun (seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal)
эмээллэх verb ((transitive) to put a saddle on (an animal))

Māori

1 entries

tera noun (seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal)

Norman

2 entries

selle noun (seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal)
seller verb ((transitive) to put a saddle on (an animal))

Northern Kurdish

2 entries

kurtan noun (seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal)
zîn noun (seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal)

Norwegian

1 entries

sale verb ((transitive) to put a saddle on (an animal))

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries

sadel noun (seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal)
sal noun (seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries

sal noun (seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal)

Occitan

1 entries

sèla noun (seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal)

Old East Slavic

1 entries

седьло noun (seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal)

Old English

1 entries

sadol noun (seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal)

Old French

1 entries

enseler verb ((transitive) to put a saddle on (an animal))

Old Norse

2 entries

sǫðull noun (seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal)
sǫðla verb ((transitive) to put a saddle on (an animal))

Oromo

1 entries

kooraa noun (seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal)

Ossetian

1 entries

саргъ noun (seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal)

Ottoman Turkish

2 entries

ایر noun (seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal)
زین noun (seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal)

Pashto

1 entries

چرم noun (seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal)

Plautdietsch

1 entries

Sodel noun (seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal)

Polish

3 entries

siodło noun (seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal)
osiodłać verb ((transitive) to put a saddle on (an animal))
siodłać verb ((transitive) to put a saddle on (an animal))

Portuguese

3 entries

arreio noun (seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal)
sela noun (seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal)
selar verb ((transitive) to put a saddle on (an animal))

Romanian

3 entries

șa noun (seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal)
înșela verb ((transitive) to put a saddle on (an animal))
înșeua verb ((transitive) to put a saddle on (an animal))

Romansch

4 entries

seala noun (seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal)
sela noun (seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal)
sella noun (seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal)
siala noun (seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal)

Russian

3 entries

седло́ noun (seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal)
оседла́ть verb ((transitive) to put a saddle on (an animal))
седла́ть verb ((transitive) to put a saddle on (an animal))

Sardinian

2 entries

sedda noun (seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal)
sedha noun (seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal)

Saterland Frisian

1 entries

Soadel noun (seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries

dìollaid noun (seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

sjȅdalo noun (seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal)
sèdlo noun (seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal)
sȅdalo noun (seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal)
се̏дало noun (seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal)

Shor

1 entries

эзер noun (seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal)

Sicilian

1 entries

seḍḍa noun (seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal)

Sikkimese

1 entries

རྟ་སྒ noun (seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal)

Slovak

1 entries

sedlo noun (seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal)

Slovene

1 entries

sedlo noun (seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal)

Somali

1 entries

koore noun (seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal)

Southern Altai

1 entries

ээр noun (seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal)

Southern Kurdish

1 entries

زین noun (seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal)

Spanish

4 entries

albarda noun (seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal)
albardilla noun (seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal)
albardón noun (seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal)
fuste noun (seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal)

Swahili

1 entries

saruji noun (seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal)

Swedish

1 entries

sadla verb ((transitive) to put a saddle on (an animal))

Tagalog

1 entries

siya noun (seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal)

Tajik

1 entries

зин noun (seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal)

Tatar

1 entries

ияр noun (seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal)

Thai

1 entries

อาน noun (seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal)

Tibetan

1 entries

སྒ noun (seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal)

Tigre

1 entries

ኮር noun (seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal)

Tigrinya

2 entries

ኮረሻ noun (seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal)
ኮር noun (seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal)

Turkish

2 entries

eyer noun (seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal)
eyerlemek verb ((transitive) to put a saddle on (an animal))

Turkmen

1 entries

eýer noun (seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal)

Tuvan

1 entries

эзер noun (seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal)

Udmurt

1 entries

энер noun (seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal)

Ukrainian

1 entries

сідло́ noun (seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal)

Urdu

1 entries

زِین noun (seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal)

Uyghur

1 entries

ئىگەر noun (seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal)

Uzbek

1 entries

egar noun (seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal)

Venetan

2 entries

sela noun (seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal)
seła noun (seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal)

Vietnamese

1 entries

yên noun (seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal)

Volapük

2 entries

monitasäed noun (seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal)
säed noun (seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal)

Walloon

1 entries

sele noun (seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal)

Welsh

2 entries

cyfrwy noun (seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal)
cyfrwyo verb ((transitive) to put a saddle on (an animal))

West-Frisian

1 entries

seal noun (seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal)

Yakut

1 entries

ыҥыыр noun (seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal)

Yiddish

2 entries

זאָטל noun (seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal)
זאָטלען verb ((transitive) to put a saddle on (an animal))

Zhuang

1 entries

an noun (seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal)

Sample sentences

52 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

It's lonely in the saddle since the horse died.

Source: tatoeba (1694)

Don't put the saddle on the wrong horse.

Source: tatoeba (63891)

Before getting on a horse, you usually put a saddle on its back.

Source: tatoeba (282375)

She seemed so much at ease in the saddle.

Source: tatoeba (316141)

Showing 4 of 52 available sentences.

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Closest matches include add, ascribe, attach, back band, backstrap.

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