parade

Meanings

Plural: parades

Noun

• a ceremonial procession including people marching
• an extended (often showy) succession of persons or things
  • "a parade of strollers on the mall"
  • "a parade of witnesses"
• a visible display
  • "she made a parade of her sorrows"
• An organized display of a group of people, particularly
• Synonym of military parade: A show of troops, an assembly of troops as a show of force, to receive orders, or especially for inspection at set times.
• An organized display of a group of people, particularly
• A public procession, especially one commemorating a holiday or special event or (dated) in protest.
• An organized display of a group of people, particularly
• Synonym of gaggle: A group of geese when on the move, particularly a line of goslings shepherded by one or more adults.
• An organized display of a group of people, particularly
• Synonym of herd: A group of elephants when on the move.
• A place reserved for such displays, particularly
• Synonym of parade ground: A place specially designated for such displays or for practicing close-order drills.
• A place reserved for such displays, particularly
• Synonym of promenade: A route, street, or square frequented by pedestrians or formerly used for military parades.
• A place reserved for such displays, particularly
• Synonym of road, used in place names.
• The people who make up such a display, particularly
• The body of soldiers thus assembled.
• The people who make up such a display, particularly
• The body of promenaders thus assembled.
• Synonym of show: any similarly orderly or ostentatious display, especially of a variety of people or a series of things paraded around.
• A row of shops beside a street.
• Ellipsis of programme parade: a description of the programming schedule formerly announced on the radio and various television channels.
• Synonym of parry in both its literal and figurative senses.

Verb

• walk ostentatiously
  • "She parades her new husband around town"
• march in a procession
  • "the veterans paraded down the street"
• To take part in a parade
• To assemble for inspection, to receive orders, etc.
• To take part in a parade
• To march impressively or ostentatiously.
• To take part in a parade
• To march past.
• To take part in a parade
• To march through or along.
• To take part in a parade
• Synonym of promenade: to walk up and down, especially in public in order to show off and be seen by others.
• To take part in a parade
• To move slowly through or among.
• To take part in a parade
• To walk in a row led by one parent, often trailed by the other.
• To cause to take part in a parade, particularly
• To assemble soldiers for inspection, to receive orders, etc.
• To cause to take part in a parade, particularly
• Synonym of show off: to display or reveal prominently or ostentatiously, especially in a kind of procession.
• To furnish with a parade or parades.

Synonyms

exhibit, gaggle, herd, march, military parade, parade ground, parry in both its literal and figurative senses, promenade, road, show, show off, troop, used in place names