motorcades
Escorted vehicle parades
A motorcade is a procession of motor vehicles, typically carrying dignitaries or officials and accompanied by security escorts: The presidential motorcade wound through downtown.
The term suggests formality and protection—police cars clearing the route, flags on fenders, crowds watching from sidewalks.
Funeral processions are sometimes called motorcades, though the word most often appears in political contexts.
Of the highest office
- convoyGuarded traveling group
- escortOne who accompanies another
- securityProtection from threat
- limousineStretched luxury automobile
dignitary · state visit · Secret Service · protocol · entourage · flags · outriders · diplomatic
Ceremonial public procession
- funeralService honoring the dead
- cortegeCeremonial attendant procession
- hearseVehicle transporting caskets
- mournersThose lamenting a death
tribute · slow-moving · solemn · flags · crowds · route · honor · memorial
Blocked thoroughfare
- disruptionForceful interruption of process
- detourAlternate path around obstruction
- delaysPauses before proceeding
- sirensEmergency vehicle noisemakers
standstill · commuters · waiting · frustration · police · barricades · rerouting · gridlock
Guarding against harm
- armored vehiclesPlated military transport machines
- sweepBrush clean with broom
- blockadeSealing off a place
- sniperConcealed precision shooter
threat assessment · decoy · counterassault · surveillance · checkpoint · communication · tactical · perimeter
presidential
Of the highest office
limousine · dignitary · state visit · Secret Service · protocol · entourage · flags · outriders · diplomatic · heads of state
parade
Ceremonial public procession
- funeralService honoring the dead
- cortegeCeremonial attendant procession
- hearseVehicle transporting caskets
mourners · tribute · slow-moving · solemn · flags · crowds · route · honor · memorial · farewell
road closure
Blocked thoroughfare
- disruptionForceful interruption of process
- detourAlternate path around obstruction
- delaysPauses before proceeding
sirens · standstill · commuters · waiting · frustration · police · barricades · rerouting · gridlock · announcement
protection
Guarding against harm
- armored vehiclesPlated military transport machines
- sweepBrush clean with broom
- blockadeSealing off a place
sniper · threat assessment · decoy · counterassault · surveillance · checkpoint · communication · tactical · perimeter · intelligence
- paradesparade, marching bands, parade floats, floats, parade float
- Washington DCWhite House, Capitol, National Mall, Lincoln Memorial, Washington Monument
- Car Customscar culture, bumper stickers, fuzzy dice, air fresheners, Sunday drives
- diplomatic eventsstate dinners, state banquets, state ceremonies, state visits, receiving lines
- Secret Servicespecial agent, bodyguard, special agents, agent, federal agent
- securitysecurity guard, security cameras, alarm system, security system, lock
motorcadessingle car
motorcadesmarches
Coordinated rhythmic walking
air travel · helicopter transport · train journeys · horse-drawn carriages