The Communist Party is the vanguard of the working class.
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Vanguard
//ˈvænˌɡɑɹd//
Synonyms for "vanguard" (102 found)
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Related words (51)
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2 entriesderived from
1 entriesis a
4 entriesrelated to
1 entriesTranslations
86 translations across 37 languages.
Arabic
2 entries- طَلِيعَة noun (leading units of an army)
- طَلِيعَة noun (forefront of any group or movement)
Belarusian
1 entries- аванга́рд noun (leading units of an army)
Bulgarian
2 entries- аванга́рд noun (leading units of an army)
- аванга́рд noun (forefront of any group or movement)
Catalan
2 entries- avantguarda noun (leading units of an army)
- avantguarda noun (forefront of any group or movement)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 先鋒 /先锋 noun (leading units of an army)
- 先鋒 /先锋 noun (forefront of any group or movement)
- 先頭部隊 /先头部队 noun (leading units of an army)
- 先驅 /先驱 noun (forefront of any group or movement)
Crimean Tatar
2 entries- avangard noun (leading units of an army)
- avangard noun (forefront of any group or movement)
Czech
3 entries- avantgarda noun (forefront of any group or movement)
- předvoj noun (leading units of an army)
- předvoj noun (forefront of any group or movement)
Dutch
2 entries- voorhoede noun (leading units of an army)
- voorhoede noun (forefront of any group or movement)
Esperanto
1 entries- avano noun (leading units of an army)
Finnish
4 entries- edelläkävijät noun (forefront of any group or movement)
- etujoukko noun (forefront of any group or movement)
- etujoukot noun (leading units of an army)
- suunnannäyttäjät noun (forefront of any group or movement)
French
2 entries- avant-garde noun (leading units of an army)
- avant-garde noun (forefront of any group or movement)
Galician
2 entries- dianteira noun (leading units of an army)
- vangarda noun (leading units of an army)
Georgian
1 entries- ავანგარდი noun (leading units of an army)
German
3 entries- Avantgarde noun (forefront of any group or movement)
- Spitze noun (forefront of any group or movement)
- Vorhut noun (leading units of an army)
Greek
3 entries- αβάν-γκαρντ noun (forefront of any group or movement)
- εμπροσθοφυλακή noun (leading units of an army)
- πρωτοπορία noun (forefront of any group or movement)
Hebrew
1 entries- חיל החלוץ noun (leading units of an army)
Irish
1 entries- urgharda noun (leading units of an army)
Italian
2 entries- avanguardia noun (leading units of an army)
- prima linea noun (leading units of an army)
Japanese
1 entries- 前衛 noun (leading units of an army)
Korean
2 entries- 선봉 noun (forefront of any group or movement)
- 전위 noun (leading units of an army)
Latvian
4 entries- avangards noun (leading units of an army)
- avangards noun (forefront of any group or movement)
- priekšpulks noun (leading units of an army)
- priekšpulks noun (forefront of any group or movement)
Macedonian
4 entries- аванга́рда noun (leading units of an army)
- аванга́рда noun (forefront of any group or movement)
- пре́тстража noun (leading units of an army)
- претхо́дница noun (leading units of an army)
Māori
2 entries- hāpai noun (forefront of any group or movement)
- pīpī noun (leading units of an army)
Norwegian
3 entries- avantgarde noun (forefront of any group or movement)
- banebryter noun (forefront of any group or movement)
- fortropp noun (leading units of an army)
Persian
4 entries- طلایه noun (leading units of an army)
- پیشتاز noun (leading units of an army)
- پیشتاز noun (forefront of any group or movement)
- پیشگام noun (leading units of an army)
Polish
2 entries- awangarda noun (leading units of an army)
- straż przednia noun (leading units of an army)
Portuguese
3 entries- anteguarda noun (leading units of an army)
- vanguarda noun (leading units of an army)
- vanguarda noun (forefront of any group or movement)
Romanian
3 entries- antegardă noun (leading units of an army)
- avangardă noun (leading units of an army)
- avangardă noun (forefront of any group or movement)
Russian
2 entries- аванга́рд noun (leading units of an army)
- аванга́рд noun (forefront of any group or movement)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- toiseach noun (leading units of an army)
- toiseach noun (forefront of any group or movement)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- predstraža noun (leading units of an army)
Slovak
3 entries- avantgarda noun (forefront of any group or movement)
- predvoj noun (leading units of an army)
- predvoj noun (forefront of any group or movement)
Spanish
2 entries- vanguardia noun (leading units of an army)
- vanguardia noun (forefront of any group or movement)
Swedish
2 entries- förtrupp noun (leading units of an army)
- tät noun (forefront of any group or movement)
Tocharian B
1 entries- ānte noun (leading units of an army)
Ukrainian
1 entries- аванга́рд noun (leading units of an army)
Yiddish
1 entries- אַוואַנגאַרד noun (leading units of an army)
Sample sentences
10 total sentences available.
An army was divided into the vanguard, the rearguard and the main body.
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Vanguard 1 was the first spacecraft to use solar cells. It's the oldest artificial satellite still in orbit around Earth.
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Russia represents the vanguard of the revolutionary struggle in Europe.
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