Unhorse

Synonyms for "unhorse" (34 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (7)

alight buck buck off climb down depose deracinate

Verb(1 words)

dishorse

Strong matches (10)

dislodge dismount get down get off land light

Verb(4 words)

dismount get down get off light

Related words (17)

overset overthrow overturn perch pitch root out root up settle throw throw off topple touch down tumble unplace unsaddle unseat uproot

Related word relations

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5 relation types

More general

4 entries

come down descend fall go down

derived from

1 entries

horse

has context

1 entries

riding

manner of

1 entries

descend

related to

5 entries

disrupt forcibly horse remove unseat

Translations

6 translations across 5 languages.

Esperanto

1 entries

deĉevaligi verb (remove from a horse)

Finnish

2 entries

pudottaa verb (remove from a horse)
pudottaa verb (disrupt or unseat)

French

1 entries

désarçonner verb (remove from a horse)

Old French

1 entries

deschevaler verb (remove from a horse)

Swedish

1 entries

kasta av verb (disrupt or unseat)

Sample sentences

2 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

The knight was unhorsed when his opponent's lance struck his shield.

Source: wiktionary

The incumbent governor was unhorsed by the scandal that broke during his reelection campaign.

Source: wiktionary

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