pushchair

noun

push·​chair ˈpu̇sh-ˌcher 

chiefly British

: stroller

Synonyms of pushchair

• pram
• buggy
• stroller
• crib
• baby carriage

Examples of pushchair in a Sentence

a fun festival that appeals to adults as well as tots in pushchairs

Recent Examples on the Web

Hers is a story that begins with a pushchair, a pony, and a mother’s refusal to buy toys for her children. — Gemma Redrup, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2026

Families should have little trouble accommodating luggage, pushchairs or weekly shopping loads. — Matthew MacConnell, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026

Law enforcement said that a couple encountered a family—two women and young children, one of whom was in a pushchair—at Bond Street Underground in central London. — Marni Rose McFall, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Nov. 2025

Correspondent Serna Altschul looks at the history of strollers, prams and pushchairs, and at the designs and aesthetics of today's super-smooth strollers. — David Morgan, CBS News, 18 May 2024

Riley’s custom pushchair, designed by Adaptive Star,has no gears but does have a safety brake to slow downhill runs. — Diane Bell, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 June 2023

Finding a travel-friendly buggy only adds to the pushchair pressure. — Stirling Kelso, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 May 2022

Word History

First Known Use

1919, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for pushchair

• abwehr
• affair
• affaire
• airfare
• altair
• armchair
• aware
• beware
• bugbear
• carfare
• childcare
• compare