Thesaurus results for CAR

car

noun

ˈkär

Definition of car

as in automobile

a self-propelled passenger vehicle on four wheels every teenager's dream of getting a driver's license and a first car

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Recent Examples of car Having some of the coolest-looking cars racing today certainly helps, whether that’s the (mostly) hybrid prototypes or the GTs, racing versions of road-going cars from Porsche, Ferrari, and others. — Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 14 Oct. 2026 Miguel Parra Hernandez, 48, needed surgery for a broken leg after being hit by a car Saturday, said Cesar Espinosa, executive director of FIEL Houston, an immigrant rights organization that is helping the man's family. — ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026 But area residents are known to host watch parties and wait near railroad tracks in hopes of seeing the holiday lights on the traveling train cars. — Paula Wethington, CBS News, 14 Oct. 2026 Clean your car full of garbage elsewhere and don’t hold up a line of customers. — Ticked Off, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for car

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Kering, which welcomed veteran automobile executive Luca de Meo as chief executive officer in September 2025, seems in a mood to shake up the group’s creative ranks.

— Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 16 Oct. 2026
The group's calculations exclude automobile dealers, gasoline stations and restaurants.

— ABC News, ABC News, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of automobile

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

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Other times, a bike maker can slap on a new paint job, a different set of wheels and a cushier seat, and somehow end up with a bike that sells like hotcakes.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 10 Oct. 2026
Designed for ranch work and rugged driving, the Terra pickup features green paint, 37-inch tires on 18-inch wheels, heavy-duty side steps, a front bull bar, a roof basket with lights, and expanded cargo-bed storage.

— Chase Jordan October 3, Charlotte Observer, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of wheels

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

Noun

And Gowanus, for now, has still retained some of its human-scale landscape of auto garages, art studios, coffee shops, dive bars, restaurants, rowhouses, warehouses, and breweries as well as a climbing gym and several concert venues.

— Kim Velsey, Curbed, 9 Oct. 2026
Security camera footage from a nearby auto shop showed the vehicle pulling up in a lot after her time of death, and the driver exiting the vehicle and leaving in another car.

— ABC News, ABC News, 9 Oct. 2026

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