train

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of TRAIN

a body of employees or servants who accompany and wait on a person <a movie star who never goes anywhere without a train of personal assistants to cater to his every whim and need>

Synonyms entourage, following, posse, retinue, suite, tail, train

Related Words crew, personnel, staff; court; assistant, attendant, helper, retainer

a group of vehicles traveling together or under one management <a train of supply trucks making its way to the army encampment>

Synonyms armada, caravan, cavalcade, line, motorcade, train

Related Words argosy, convoy, flotilla, navy; column, cortege (also cortège), parade, procession

a series of persons or things arranged one behind another <already a long train of ticket buyers waiting outside the stadium>

Synonyms column, cue, file, queue, range, string, train

Related Words echelon, rank, row, tier; chain, progression, sequence, succession; array

a series of things linked together <you've broken my train of thought—now what were we talking about?>

Synonyms catena, catenation, concatenation, consecution, nexus, progression, sequence, string, train

Related Words chain reaction; belt, circle, cycle, vicious circle (also vicious cycle); continuum, gamut, gauntlet (also gantlet), scale, spectrum; flow, river, stream; file, line, queue, range, row, succession

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