MACHINES Synonyms: 103 Similar and Opposite Words

machines 1 of 2

noun

plural of machine

as in engines

a device that changes energy into mechanical motion a machine that washes dishes for you

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as in cars

a self-propelled passenger vehicle on four wheels that Corvette is a machine that any guy would love to own

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machines

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verb

present tense third-person singular of machine

as in rounds (off or out)

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Recent Examples of machines

Noun

Muscles aren’t just machines that move our bones from place to place. — Mike McRae 02, New Atlas, 3 Sep. 2026 By the end of 2010, the TSA had deployed around 500 machines designed to detect non-metallic weapons and explosives, the TSA's website said. — Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2026 That isn’t a library, that’s a row of perpetual ATM machines. — Joseph Kahn, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2026 According to the report, the work also reflects a shift in China’s quantum computing research toward testing more complex quantum functions on real machines, alongside efforts to improve individual performance metrics. — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 3 Sep. 2026 The name’s been bestowed on some of Toyota’s hottest machines in the recent past, like the super-spec version of the GR Corolla. — Andrew P. Collins, The Drive, 3 Sep. 2026 Unlike film and music and literature, there have hardly been any anxieties about the machines coming for cooking—though perhaps there should be. — Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2026 The quirky robot is a notable departure from the more unsettling machines that typically make headlines today. — Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 27 Aug. 2026 China has a virtual monopoly on these minerals, which are critical to making everything from cars and jet engines to smartphones and even the dye used in MRI machines. — Matt Egan, CNN Money, 26 Aug. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for machines

Noun

Patria and Pratt & Whitney, an RTX business, agreed to begin final assembly of the engines in Finland in February 2026.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 5 Sep. 2026
Its powerful jumpstarting capabilities can revive vehicles with gas engines up to 6 liters and diesel engines up to 4 liters.

— ABC News, ABC News, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of engines

Noun

Two doctors from Formula Medicine, an Italian center for driver performance working with BMW, which runs two cars in Hypercar in conjunction with the WRT team, directly addressed the suit’s cooling duration.

— Patrick Iversen, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
At a memorial for one of the men, cars were smashed into each other in a field and set alight.

— The Week UK, TheWeek, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of cars

Verb

This lessens the chance of fungal diseases and betters airflow and light exposure to all parts of the plant.

— Melissa Epifano, The Spruce, 18 July 2026
If the Sharks make the playoffs next season and Celebrini betters his 115-point total from this season, wouldn’t his next deal become that much more expensive?

— Curtis Pashelka, Mercury News, 30 Apr. 2026

Definition of betters

Noun

People have also been known to get bites at movie theaters, while traveling via buses, trains, planes, rideshares and other less common ways.

— Kathleen Felton, Washington Post, 3 Sep. 2026
Further, the Blue Cash Preferred® Card from American Express earns 3% cash back* on transit, including rideshares, taxis, parking, tolls, buses or trains.

— Dan Avery,Lily Wolfson, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of buses

Verb

This creates a thin thermal boundary layer and improves heat transfer at the point of impact.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 29 Aug. 2026
Shorter grass improves seed-to-soil contact and lets more sunlight reach the soil surface for better seed germination.

— Mary Marlowe Leverette, The Spruce, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of improves

Noun

The entrance of the famed Inn at Spanish Bay, in Northern California’s Pebble Beach, had been festooned with some of the world’s most exotic automobiles—swooned over by camera-toting adorers—just a few days prior during Monterey Car Week.

— Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 27 Aug. 2026
Trump has threatened to also double tariffs on automobiles and auto parts from Canada from 25% to 50%.

— Joey Garrison, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of automobiles

Noun

Electricity travels from the rotating wheels through a custom conductive hub to a solar controller built into the frame.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 1 Sep. 2026
Early bird prices for the device, which resembles a GoPro on wheels, start at $549, with shipping scheduled to begin in October.

— Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 1 Sep. 2026

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