Thesaurus results for BIKES

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noun (1)

plural of bike

as in bicycles

a two-wheeled vehicle that is propelled by the use of pedals and steered through the use of handlebars likes to ride her mountain bike on weekends

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noun (2)

plural of bike, chiefly Scottish

as in hordes

a great number of persons or creatures massed together the boisterous bike that annually descends upon Edinburgh for the Fringe

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Recent Examples of bikes

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The Citi Bike rental agreement requires riders to be at least 16 years old and states the bikes are for use by one rider only. — Kerry Burke, New York Daily News, 19 Sep. 2026 The premiere episode centered around the usual suspects, Cartman, Stan, Kyle and Kenny, and their newfound love of e-bikes. — Payton Turkeltaub, Variety, 17 Sep. 2026 Trauma doctors are warning parents who buy their kids e-bikes or electric scooters that injury numbers are surging, along with the severity of the injuries. — Carolyn Gusoff, CBS News, 17 Sep. 2026 The lessons can stick with students long after the bikes are put away, Raney said. — ABC News, 16 Sep. 2026 That became the first of many more outings, in which volunteers using tandem bikes, or even bikes with three or four seats, lead people who are visually impaired. — Arkansas Online, 11 Sep. 2026 The war played a major role for Harley-Davidson as the company produced thousands of bikes for the military. — Ricardo Torres, jsonline.com, 10 Sep. 2026 Aston Martin / Brough Superior Aston Martin isn’t the only brand Brough’s collaborated with on bikes. — New Atlas, 9 Sep. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for bikes

Noun

One of the resources pulled was the Pedestrian and Bicycle Crash Analysis Tool, which was designed to capture information on cars, bicycles, and pedestrians, according to the outlet.

— Ingrid Vasquez, PEOPLE, 3 Sep. 2026
That message has been repeated for years for traditional bicycles and is even more important to emphasize for e-bike and e-scooter use, Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office Sgt.

— Madison Smalstig, Sacbee.com, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of bicycles

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By then, hordes of evacuees from the North Tower were walking north on Sixth Avenue to escape the terror.

— Bob Kustra, Chicago Tribune, 11 Sep. 2026
Magic shows and jousts draw hordes of festival-goers, with performers and some visitors wearing period clothing.

— Kyle Werner, Des Moines Register, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of hordes

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The company has developed its own autonomy system, called Legion, and was selected for a Defense Innovation Unit effort focused on command and control for drone swarms under the Replicator initiative.

— Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 15 Sep. 2026
There has been a string of alarming incidents in which swarms of rogue AI agents have hacked online platforms such as Hugging Face and surreptitiously communicated with one another on message boards.

— Sebastian Herrera, Fortune, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of swarms

Noun

With her high heels, bright smile, and entourage of millennial assistants and executives, Terekh stands out in her factory, where throngs of middle-aged men lug drone parts, wield power tools and chain-smoke cigarettes.

— Aidan Stretch, CBS News, 8 Sep. 2026
The cows made their way to the altar — with the handlers helping to guide them with hay — through throngs of people and a few mascots sitting in seats and lined up on the streets, who stopped by just to see the unique occasion.

— Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of throngs

Noun

There are flocks of geese and ducks, soaring hawks, chipmunks, deer, numerous varieties of insects, and many, many more.

— Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 17 Sep. 2026
With several scenes showcasing flocks of pigeons, Mundruczó estimates that around 1,000 birds were used in the production — which filmed in Sydney, Australia and New York — with professional pigeon handlers present on set.

— Ellise Shafer, Variety, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of flocks

Noun

Saturday brought periods of rain, smaller crowds and people huddling beneath umbrellas while performers and vendors pushed ahead.

— J.M. Banks, Kansas City Star, 14 Sep. 2026
And for all the complaints that Hollywood has basically abandoned film festivals, there was no shortage of celebrities to elicit big reactions from crowds.

— Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 11 Sep. 2026

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