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

Need another word that means the same as “vehicle”? Find 19 synonyms and 30 related words for “vehicle” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Vehicle” are: fomite, automobile, motor vehicle, motorized vehicle, means of transport, conveyance, machine, channel, medium, means, means of expression, agency, agent, instrument, mechanism, organ, apparatus, structure, machinery

Vehicle as a Noun

Definitions of "Vehicle" as a noun

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

• Any inanimate object (as a towel or money or clothing or dishes or books or toys etc.) that can transmit infectious agents from one person to another.
• A privately controlled company through which an individual or organization conducts a particular kind of business, especially investment.
• A medium for the expression or achievement of something.
• A substance that facilitates the use of a drug, pigment, or other material mixed with it.
• A conveyance that transports people or objects.
• A thing used for transporting people or goods, especially on land, such as a car, lorry, or cart.
• Any substance that facilitates the use of a drug or pigment or other material that is mixed with it.
• A film, television programme, song, etc. that is intended to display the leading performer to the best advantage.
• A thing used to express, embody, or fulfil something.

Synonyms of "Vehicle" as a noun (19 Words)

agency	A business or organization providing a particular service on behalf of another business, person, or group. An advertising agency.
agent	Any agent or representative of a federal agency or bureau. There is an urgent need for new antimicrobial agents to combat infections.
apparatus	Equipment designed to serve a specific function. The breathing apparatus.
automobile	A motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine.
channel	A service or station using a channel of frequencies. Buoys marked the safe limits of the channel.
conveyance	The action of making an idea, feeling, or impression known or understandable to someone. A mortgage involves a conveyance of property subject to a right of redemption.
fomite	Any inanimate object (as a towel or money or clothing or dishes or books or toys etc.) that can transmit infectious agents from one person to another.
instrument	The semantic role of the entity (usually inanimate) that the agent uses to perform an action or start a process. The value of learning to play a musical instrument.
machine	A person who acts with the mechanical efficiency of a machine. He was endorsed by the Democratic machine.
machinery	Machines collectively. The complex machinery of negotiation.
means	Financial resources; income. He is a man of means.
means of expression	An instrumentality for accomplishing some end.
means of transport	An instrumentality for accomplishing some end.
mechanism	The philosophical theory that all phenomena can be explained in terms of physical or biological causes. The immune system s mechanism for detecting pathogens.
medium	Someone who serves as an intermediary between the living and the dead. Fish require an aqueous medium.
motor vehicle	Machine that converts other forms of energy into mechanical energy and so imparts motion.
motorized vehicle	Any inanimate object (as a towel or money or clothing or dishes or books or toys etc.) that can transmit infectious agents from one person to another.
structure	A particular complex anatomical part of a living thing. The structure consisted of a series of arches.

Usage Examples of "Vehicle" as a noun

• A heavy goods vehicle.
• His editorials provided a vehicle for his political views.
• The vehicle was sent skidding across the road.
• I use paint as a vehicle for my ideas.
• A congregation is a vehicle of group identity.
• Casein was used as a vehicle for pigments by the medieval painters.
• The play was just a vehicle to display her talents.
• A vehicle for a star who was one of Hollywood's hottest properties.

Associations of "Vehicle" (30 Words)

automobile	Travel in an automobile.
bicycle	Ride a bicycle. They spent the holidays bicycling around the beautiful Devonshire countryside.
bike	A wheeled vehicle that has two wheels and is moved by foot pedals. I m going by bike.
bus	Travel by bus. Staff were bussed in and out of the factory.
cab	Ride in a taxicab. Cab drivers.
car	A four wheeled road vehicle that is powered by an engine and is able to carry a small number of people. She drove up in a car.
chauffeur	A person employed to drive a private or hired car. A chauffeur driven limousine.
cycle	A ride on a bicycle. Cycle the laundry in this washing program.
cycling	The sport or activity of riding a bicycle. Cycle racing has three main forms: road racing (typically over long distances), pursuit (on an oval track), and cyclo-cross (over rough, open country).
cyclist	A person who rides a bicycle.
driver	A golfer who hits the golf ball with a driver. Mule drivers.
jalopy	An old car in a dilapidated condition. His father got worried about him driving that old jalopy it wasn t safe.
limousine	A car licensed to transport passengers in return for payment, typically more luxurious than a taxi and not fitted with a taximeter. The Prince was whisked away in a black limousine.
motorcycle	Ride a motorcycle.
motorist	Someone who drives (or travels in) an automobile.
mounted	Riding an animal, typically a horse, especially for military or other duty. The trim brass mounted carbine of the ranger.
pedal	Move by working the pedals of a bicycle. They pedalled along the canal towpath.
ride	Ride over along or through. The ride is comfortable though there is a slight roll when cornering.
riding	The sport or activity of riding horses. A riding accident.
scooter	Travel or ride on a scooter. Scootering is the most economical and practical form of transportation.
spoke	Each of the bars or wire rods connecting the centre of a wheel to its outer edge.
streetcar	A wheeled vehicle that runs on rails and is propelled by electricity.
surrey	A light four-wheeled horse-drawn carriage; has two or four seats.
taxi	Take a taxi as a means of transport. The plane taxied to a halt at the 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.
truck	Convey goods etc by truck. Truck fresh vegetables across the mountains.
trucker	Someone who drives a truck as an occupation.
van	A caravan. He had been watching the marshalling of the fish vans.
wheel	Move along on or as if on wheels or a wheeled vehicle. The stars wheeled through the sky.