Synonyms for caparison
- noun
- verb
Definitions
- n. 1
The often ornamental coverings for an animal, especially a horse or an elephant.
- v. 1
To dress up a horse or elephant with ornamental coverings.
Forms
- Plural
- caparisons → housings, trappings, harnesses…
- Past participle
- caparisoned
e.g. caparisoned → barded…
Choose the right word
Caparison is used rarely and somewhat slightingly, and trappings quite contemptuously, for showy human apparel.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- housing New housing is built on the outskirts of the city.
- harness There was neither saddle nor harness on the horse.
- trappings Her life has all the trappings of privilege.
By length
- 4 letters
- bard1
- 7 letters
- housing2, harness2
- 8 letters
- trapping2
- 9 letters
- trappings2
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (housing2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- caparaçon
- Italiano
- bardatura
- Deutsch
- Schabracke