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noun

ˌȯ-tə-mō-ˈbēl How to pronounce automobile (audio)
Definition of automobilenext
as in car
a self-propelled passenger vehicle on four wheels browsed online for used automobiles for sale

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verb

as in to drive
to travel by a motorized vehicle would rather automobile across the country than fly over it at 35,000 feet

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Recent Examples of automobile
Noun
Of course, there are many people with physical limitations and there are many situations where only automobiles make sense. — Doug Turnbull, AJC.com, 4 Oct. 2026 The single automobile entrance is reprised here at 14th Street. — Edward Keegan, Chicago Tribune, 4 Oct. 2026
Verb
These go-tos make trains, planes, and automobiles far less stressful. — Luke Pyenson, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for automobile
Recent Examples of Synonyms for automobile
  1. car
  2. drive
  3. bus
  4. motor
  5. machine
  6. tool
Noun
  • His 2020 breakout record, Little Dominiques Nosebleed, examined place and heritage by tracing the ripples of two successive childhood car accidents; 2022’s ISTHISFORREAL?
    — Dash Lewis, Pitchfork, 15 Oct. 2026
  • His sister, Andrea Clark, 35, told the New York Post on Tuesday that her brother had been in remission from cancer since 2015 and had survived a car fire just weeks before his death.
    — Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of car
Verb
  • These viruses infect diverse deep-sea prokaryotes that drive vital cycles of carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus, sulfur, and metals.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 14 Oct. 2026
  • The benefits of space exploration extend well beyond the Moon, potentially driving advances in energy storage, electric vehicles and other technologies on Earth.
    — Melissa Hancock, Fortune, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of drive
Noun
  • The crackdown extended beyond the protest venue, with police stopping buses, cars and other vehicles at checkpoints on routes into the capital and searching for demonstrators.
    — Sheikh Saaliq, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2026
  • Before opening Creola, Lagomarsini oversaw a string of pop-ups, including a recent dinner series inspired by the Club from Nowhere, the civil-rights activist Georgia Gilmore’s kitchen network, which fed and funded the Montgomery bus boycott.
    — Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2026
Definition of bus
Verb
  • Varma holed out in the outfield in Ahmed’s final over, but Varma motored to his 21-ball half-century by clubbing 15 runs of the fast bowler’s final four balls.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2026
  • Beyond the shimmying visit, the mystery of who killed Victor is expected to motor the sophomore season’s overarching storyline, including digging into people from the corrupt politician’s shady past.
    — Emily Krauser, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of motor
Noun
  • Being part of a tank crew means being exposed to high levels of noise and vibration in a huge machine that's constantly bouncing you about like a pea in a tin.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 15 Oct. 2026
  • The gang had orchestrated a $40 million fraud scheme that was based on accessing the ATM machines.
    — Anna Giaritelli, The Washington Examiner, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of machine
Verb
  • One of the industry’s biggest challenges is tooling, as manufacturers must design, fabricate, and qualify physical dies and molds before production can begin.
    — Aditya Jadhav, Interesting Engineering, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Hig spends his days tooling around in an old Cessna, looking for supplies, survivors or signs of life, trying to stay ahead of scavengers known as Reapers, when he is drawn outside the perimeter and finds Cima (Margaret Qualley).
    — David Faris, TheWeek, 30 July 2026
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“Automobile.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/automobile. Accessed 16 Oct. 2026.

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