minivan

noun

mini·​van ˈmi-nē-ˌvan 

: a small passenger van

Examples of minivan in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

There is a criminal lack of electric minivans on the market today, and the only one available here in the US is the VW ID. — Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 13 Oct. 2026

What used to be a lot full of company trucks was starting to look like a lot full of minivans. — Ken Lundin, Forbes.com, 13 Oct. 2026

Tesla and Uber had embraced a Wild West image; Waymo was doing its autonomous driving in hybrid Chrysler minivans. — Molly Fischer, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026

Today’s minivans aren’t all solving the family car problem the same way. — Chris Hardesty, AJC.com, 9 Oct. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1959, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for minivan

• businessman
• canavan
• caravan
• constantan
• dragoman
• fisherman
• handyman
• harmattan
• journeyman
• marianne
• middleman
• minuteman

Kids Definition

minivan

noun

mini·​van ˈmin-ē-ˌvan 

: a small passenger van