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Definitions for Caravan

[1] a group of travelers, as merchants or pilgrims, journeying together for safety in passing through deserts, hostile territory, etc.
[2] any group traveling in or as if in a caravan and using a specific mode of transportation, as pack animals or motor vehicles: a caravan of trucks; a camel caravan.
[3] a large covered vehicle for conveying passengers, goods, a sideshow, etc.; van.
[4] Chiefly British . a house on wheels; trailer.
[5] to carry in or as if in a caravan: Trucks caravaned food and medical supplies to the flood's survivors.
[6] to travel in or as if in a caravan: They caravaned through Egypt.
[7] a large enclosed vehicle capable of being pulled by a car or lorry and equipped to be lived in US and Canadian name: trailer (as modifier ) a caravan site
[8] (esp in some parts of Asia and Africa) a company of traders or other travellers journeying together, often with a train of camels, through the desert
[9] a group of wagons, pack mules, camels, etc, esp travelling in single file
[10] a large covered vehicle, esp a gaily coloured one used by Romany Gypsies, circuses, etc
[11] (intr) British to travel or have a holiday in a caravan

Words related to Caravan

cavalcade, convoy, procession, expedition, band, train, troop, safari

Words nearby Caravan

carapace, carat, caratacus, caratinga, caravaggio, caravan, caravanner, caravansary, caravanserai, caravel, caraway

Origin of Caravan

1590–1600; earlier carovan < Italian carovana < Persian kārwān

Other words from Caravan

car·a·van·ist , noun

Word origin for Caravan

C16: from Italian caravana, from Persian kārwān

Synonyms for Caravan

cavalcade, convoy, expedition, procession, band, campers, safari, train, troop, camel train