/ Thesaurus / R Synonyms of rough rider Find synonyms for: Noun1. Rough Rider, cavalryman, trooperusage: a member of the volunteer cavalry regiment led by Theodore Roosevelt in the Spanish-American War (1898)Noun1. Rough Rider, cavalryman, trooperusage: a horseman skilled at breaking wild horses to the saddleWordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. Related Content Daily Word Quiz: cautious Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language