Synonyms for car
Another word for car is machine, auto or automobile. Below are 10 synonyms and 30 related words across 5 senses.
Also searched as: cared, carer, cares, cars.
1. noun: a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine
- machine synonyms
- auto
- automobile synonyms
- motorcar
2. noun: a wheeled vehicle adapted to the rails of railroad
- railway car
- railroad car
- railcar
3. noun: the compartment that is suspended from an airship and that carries personnel and the cargo and the power plant
- gondola
4. noun: where passengers ride up and down
- elevator car
5. noun: a conveyance for passengers or freight on a cable railway
- cable car
Related words
Broader, narrower and sibling terms from the same WordNet tree. They aren't interchangeable, but one of them is often the word you wanted.
- used-car
- police car
- race car
- bus synonyms
- stock car
- sports car
- estate car synonyms
- electric synonyms
- sport car
- electric car
- squad car
- racing car
- pace car
- motor vehicle
- taxi synonyms
- club car
- coach synonyms
- van synonyms
- mail car
- passenger car
- slip coach
- cabin car
- tender synonyms
- double-deck rail car
- freight car
- lounge car
- carriage synonyms
- luggage van
- baggage car
- double-deck carriage
Car in word games
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Questions people ask
What is another word for car?
You can say machine, auto, automobile, motorcar or railway car instead of car. Which one fits depends on the sense; the first sense above means "a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine".
What is the opposite of car?
WordNet lists no direct antonym for car; the nearest opposites depend on which sense you mean.
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