CYCLE: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for CYCLE?

Need another word that means the same as “cycle”? Find 30 synonyms and 30 related words for “cycle” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Cycle” are: rhythm, round, cps, cycle per second, cycles/second, hertz, hz, bicycle, bike, wheel, oscillation, rotation, revolution, series, sequence, succession, run, pedal cycle, motorbike, motorcycle, pedal, travel, go, move, progress, proceed, make one's way

Cycle as a Noun

Definitions of "Cycle" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “cycle” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• A ride on a bicycle.
• The unit of frequency; one hertz has a periodic interval of one second (named for Heinrich Rudolph Hertz.
• A recurring series of successive operations or states, such as in the working of an internal combustion engine, or in the alternation of an electric current or a wave.
• The period of time taken to complete a cycle of events.
• A single complete execution of a periodically repeated phenomenon.
• A series of poems or songs on the same theme.
• A series of successive metabolic reactions in which one of the products is regenerated and reused.
• The unit of frequency; one hertz has a periodic interval of one second.
• A single set of hardware operations, especially that by which memory is accessed and an item is transferred to or from it, to the point at which the memory may be accessed again.
• An interval during which a recurring sequence of events occurs.
• A recurring series of events or metabolic processes in the lifetime of a plant or animal.
• A series of songs, stories, plays, or poems composed around a particular theme, and usually intended to be performed or read in sequence.
• A complete set or series.
• A periodically repeated sequence of events.
• A bicycle or tricycle.
• A wheeled vehicle that has two wheels and is moved by foot pedals.
• The movement of a simple substance through the soil, rocks, water, atmosphere, and living organisms of the earth.
• A cycle per second; one hertz.
• A series of events that are regularly repeated in the same order.

Synonyms of "Cycle" as a noun (18 Words)

bicycle	A vehicle consisting of two wheels held in a frame one behind the other, propelled by pedals and steered with handlebars attached to the front wheel.
bike	A wheeled vehicle that has two wheels and is moved by foot pedals. My friends and I would ride our bikes.
cps	The unit of frequency; one hertz has a periodic interval of one second.
cycle per second	A wheeled vehicle that has two wheels and is moved by foot pedals.
cycles/second	An interval during which a recurring sequence of events occurs.
hertz	The unit of frequency one hertz has a periodic interval of one second.
hz	The unit of frequency; one hertz has a periodic interval of one second (named for Heinrich Rudolph Hertz.
oscillation	Regular variation in magnitude or position about a central point, especially of an electric current or voltage. The plot s oscillation between bleak and comic elements.
pedal cycle	A sustained bass note.
revolution	(in Marxism) the class struggle which is expected to lead to political change and the triumph of communism. The industrial revolution was also a cultural revolution.
rhythm	A particular pattern formed by musical rhythm. Limericks have a characteristic rhythm and rhyme scheme.
rotation	The passing of a privilege or responsibility to each member of a group in a regularly recurring order. She was completing a rotation in trauma surgery.
round	Each of a succession of stages in a competition, in each of which more candidates are eliminated. Their lives were a daily round of housework and laundry.
run	A score in baseball made by a runner touching all four bases safely. A cross country run.
sequence	Serial arrangement in which things follow in logical order or a recurrent pattern. These are enzymes which will cleave only at specific base sequences in the DNA.
series	A group of postage stamps having a common theme or a group of coins or currency selected as a group for study or collection. A series of five stamps issued today to mark the 14th World Orchid Conference.
succession	The action or process of inheriting a title, office, property, etc. The succession to the Crown was disputed.
wheel	A machine or structure having a wheel as its essential part. The final release from the wheel of life.

Usage Examples of "Cycle" as a noun

• Schubert's song cycles.
• The familiar four cycles of intake, combustion, ignition, and exhaust.
• The recurrent cycle of harvest failure, food shortages, and price increases.
• The painting is one of a cycle of seven.
• Cycle shorts.
• A cycle of reprisal and retaliation.
• A year constitutes a cycle of the seasons.
• The storks' breeding cycle.
• For the energetic, cycles may be hired.
• The cells are shed over a cycle of twenty-eight days.
• Wagner's Ring Cycle.
• A 112-mile cycle.
• The never-ending cycle of the seasons.
• AC reverses its direction of flow sixty times a second at 60 cycles.

Cycle as a Verb

Definitions of "Cycle" as a verb

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “cycle” as a verb can have the following definitions:

• Ride a motorcycle.
• Recur in repeating sequences.
• Move in or follow a regularly repeated sequence of events.
• Cause to go through a recurring sequence.
• Pass through a cycle.
• Ride a bicycle.

Synonyms of "Cycle" as a verb (12 Words)

bicycle	Ride a bicycle. They spent the holidays bicycling around the beautiful Devonshire countryside.
bike	Ride a bicycle. Danny bikes to the park and back every day.
go	Go through in search of something search through someone s belongings in an unauthorized way. The committee was kept going even when its existence could no longer be justified.
make one's way	Earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages.
motorbike	Ride a motorcycle.
motorcycle	Ride a motorcycle.
move	Move so as to change position perform a nontranslational motion. Her fate moved us all.
pedal	Move a bicycle by working its pedals. The organist pedalled furiously her feet travelling musical miles.
proceed	Follow a certain course. He did not proceed to university in his seventeenth year.
progress	Cause a task or undertaking to make progress. Work on the pond is progressing.
travel	Travel from place to place as for the purpose of finding work preaching or acting as a judge. He usually travels well but he did get a bit upset on a very rough crossing.
wheel	Wheel somebody or something. The stars wheeled through the sky.

Usage Examples of "Cycle" as a verb

• Economies cycle regularly between boom and slump.
• This machine automatically cycles.
• Cycle the laundry in this washing program.
• She cycled to work every day.

Associations of "Cycle" (30 Words)

automobile	Travel in an automobile.
axle	A rod or spindle (either fixed or rotating) passing through the centre of a wheel or group of wheels. North American railways operate cars at much higher axle loads.
bicycle	Ride a bicycle. They spent the holidays bicycling around the beautiful Devonshire countryside.
bike	Ride a bicycle. Danny bikes to the park and back every day.
bus	The topology of a network whose components are connected by a busbar. He always rode the bus to work.
circulate	Move around freely from person to person or from place to place. This letter is being circulated among the faculty.
continuum	A continuous nonspatial whole or extent or succession in which no part or portion is distinct or distinguishable from adjacent parts. The continuum from third world economies to advanced nations.
cycling	The sport of traveling on a bicycle or motorcycle.
cyclist	A person who rides a bicycle.
drive	Have certain properties when driven. A variable speed drive permitted operation through a range of speeds.
driver	A golfer who hits the golf ball with a driver. A taxi driver.
freewheel	Coast in a vehicle using the freewheel. The postman came freewheeling down the track.
jalopy	A car that is old and unreliable. His father got worried about him driving that old jalopy it wasn t safe.
motor	Travel in a motor vehicle. Demand is the principle motor force governing economic activity.
motorcycle	Ride a motorcycle.
motorist	Someone who drives (or travels in) an automobile.
mounted	Decorated with applied ornamentation; often used in combination- F.V.W.Mason. The trim brass mounted carbine of the ranger.
pedal	Each of a set of two or three levers on a piano particularly also sustaining pedal one which when depressed prevents the dampers from stopping the sound when the keys are released The second is the soft pedal a third if present produces either selective sustaining or complete muffling of the tone. He was coming down the path on his bike pedalling hard.
pulley	Hoist with a pulley. The tree house was built on the ground and pulleyed into the branches.
ride	A mechanical device that you ride for amusement or excitement. Don t ride me so hard over my failure.
rider	A condition or proviso added to something already agreed. Two riders approached the cottage.
riding	The sport or activity of riding horses. A riding accident.
scooter	Travel or ride on a scooter. A snow scooter.
speeder	A driver who exceeds the safe speed limit.
spoke	One of the crosspieces that form the steps of a ladder.
surrey	A light four-wheeled horse-drawn carriage; has two or four seats.
taxi	A motor vehicle licensed to transport passengers in return for payment of a fare and typically fitted with a taximeter. I ll take a taxi from the air terminal.
tram	Travel by tram. A tramcar carries coal out of a coal mine.
tricycle	Ride on a tricycle. A small boy tricycled to the end of his driveway.
vehicle	A thing used to express, embody, or fulfil something. A heavy goods vehicle.