Synonyms for car

Synonyms for (noun) car

Synonyms: cable car, car

Definition: a conveyance for passengers or freight on a cable railway

Usage: they took a cable car to the top of the mountain

Similar words: compartment

Definition: a partitioned section, chamber, or separate room within a larger enclosed area


Synonyms: car, auto, automobile, motorcar, machine

Definition: a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine

Usage: he needs a car to get to work

Similar words: motor vehicle, automotive vehicle

Definition: a self-propelled wheeled vehicle that does not run on rails


Synonyms: car, railcar, railroad car, railway car

Definition: a wheeled vehicle adapted to the rails of railroad

Usage: three cars had jumped the rails

Similar words: wheeled vehicle

Definition: a vehicle that moves on wheels and usually has a container for transporting things or people

Usage: the oldest known wheeled vehicles were found in Sumer and Syria and date from around 3500 BC


Synonyms: car, elevator car

Definition: where passengers ride up and down

Usage: the car was on the top floor

Similar words: compartment

Definition: a partitioned section, chamber, or separate room within a larger enclosed area


Synonyms: gondola, car

Definition: the compartment that is suspended from an airship and that carries personnel and the cargo and the power plant

Similar words: compartment

Definition: a partitioned section, chamber, or separate room within a larger enclosed area


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