Car definition

Car as a noun

1. a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine

   "he needs a car to get to work"

   Same sense: machine, auto, automobile, motorcar

2. a wheeled vehicle adapted to the rails of railroad

   "three cars had jumped the rails"

   Same sense: railway car, railroad car, railcar

3. the compartment that is suspended from an airship and that carries personnel and the cargo and the power plant

   Same sense: gondola

4. where passengers ride up and down

   "the car was on the top floor"

   Same sense: elevator car

5. a conveyance for passengers or freight on a cable railway

   "they took a cable car to the top of the mountain"

   Same sense: cable car

Synonyms and antonyms

• machine
• auto
• automobile
• motorcar
• railway car
• railroad car
• railcar
• gondola
• elevator car
• cable car

All synonyms of car, sense by sense

How to say car

Car has 1 syllable and rhymes with are. Syllable counts and rhymes come from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary.

Words that rhyme with car

• are
• far
• star
• bar
• guitar
• radar
• mar
• par
• ar
• bizarre
• jar
• reservoir

CAR in word games

Scrabble

5

Words With Friends

6

Anagrams

1

Is CAR a valid Scrabble word? Yes, it is in the ENABLE list most word games use. Check CAR in the word checker, or unscramble CAR to see its 1 anagram and the shorter words in its letters.