All cowboy synonyms
cow·boy
C c noun cowboy
- bronco — In the western United States, especially in the 19th century, a wild horse was sometimes referred to as a bronco.
- buckaroo — a cowboy
- cowpuncher — cowboy
- cowpoke — A cowpoke is the same as a cowboy.
- cattleman — A cattleman is a man who looks after or owns cattle, especially in North America or Australia.
- stockman — U.S. and Australia. a person who raises livestock.
- cowhand — a hired man who herds and tends cattle, usually on horseback, esp in the western US
- herdsman — a herder; the keeper of a herd, especially of cattle or sheep.
- rancher — a person who owns or works on a ranch.
- wrangler — a cowboy, especially one in charge of saddle horses.
- vaquero — a cowboy or herdsman.
- gaucho — a native cowboy of the South American pampas, usually of mixed Spanish and Indian ancestry.
- drover — a person who drives cattle or sheep to market.
- cowman — a man who owns cattle; rancher
adjective cowboy
- trustless — not worthy of trust; faithless; unreliable; false: He was trustless when money was involved.
- fly-by-night — not reliable or responsible, especially in business; untrustworthy: a fly-by-night operation.