Synonyms for transportation

Synonyms for (noun) transportation

Synonyms: transportation, deportation, exile, expatriation

Definition: the act of expelling a person from their native land

Usage: men in exile dream of hope; his deportation to a penal colony; the expatriation of wealthy farmers; the sentence was one of transportation for life

Similar words: banishment, proscription

Definition: rejection by means of an act of banishing or proscribing someone


Synonyms: conveyance, transfer, transferral, transport, transportation

Definition: the act of moving something from one location to another

Similar words: movement

Definition: the act of changing the location of something

Usage: the movement of cargo onto the vessel


Synonyms: shipping, transport, transportation

Definition: the commercial enterprise of moving goods and materials

Similar words: commercial enterprise, business, business enterprise

Definition: the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects

Usage: computers are now widely used in business


Synonyms: transit, transportation, transportation system

Definition: a facility consisting of the means and equipment necessary for the movement of passengers or goods

Similar words: facility, installation

Definition: a building or place that provides a particular service or is used for a particular industry

Usage: the assembly plant is an enormous facility


Synonyms: Department of Transportation, DoT, Transportation

Definition: the United States federal department that institutes and coordinates national transportation programs; created in 1966

Similar words: executive department

Definition: a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States


Synonyms: fare, transportation

Definition: the sum charged for riding in a public conveyance

Similar words: charge

Definition: the price charged for some article or service

Usage: the admission charge


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