Synonyms of motors

motors 1 of 2

noun

plural of motor

1

as in engines

a device that changes energy into mechanical motion

the device was equipped with a small electrical motor to make the gears spin

Synonyms & Similar Words

• engines
• machines
• converters
• mechanisms
• appliances
• transformers
• tools
• equipments
• mills

2

as in cars

a self-propelled passenger vehicle on four wheels

went shopping for a new automobile at Valley Motors

Synonyms & Similar Words

• cars
• automobiles
• buses
• machines
• wheels
• autos
• wagons
• motorcars
• limousines
• motor vehicles
• convertibles
• coaches
• SUVs
• coupes
• horseless carriages
• sedans
• vans
• sports cars
• minibuses
• minicars
• jitneys
• minivans
• hatchbacks
• microbuses
• intermediates
• fastbacks
• hardtops
• town cars
• minis
• woodies
• gas-guzzlers
• station wagons
• stock cars
• subcompacts
• hybrids
• roadsters
• crates
• muscle cars
• jalopies
• omnibuses
• phaetons
• flivvers
• ragtops
• junkers
• land yachts
• compacts
• cream puffs
• sport-utility vehicles
• V-8s
• touring cars
• notchbacks
• beaters
• tin lizzies
• turbocars
• clunkers

motors

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of motor

1

as in speeds

to proceed or move quickly

effortlessly motored past the other runners for a first-place finish

Synonyms & Similar Words

• speeds
• races
• drives
• flies
• travels
• zips
• rushes
• trots
• scurries
• buzzes
• chases
• hurries
• jumps
• scoots
• runs
• jets
• darts
• barrels
• bowls
• bolts
• rams
• blows
• belts
• rockets
• zooms
• steps
• dashes
• courses
• careers
• scuttles
• blasts
• whirls
• tears
• hustles
• rips
• blazes
• jogs
• bundles
• breezes
• humps
• whisks
• cracks (on)
• shoots
• bustles
• rustles
• bombs
• hurtles
• hares
• hies
• nips
• makes tracks
• hurls
• pelts
• beats it
• steps on it
• careens
• cannonballs
• hastens
• highballs
• beetles
• gallops
• shakes a leg
• hotfoots (it)
• gets a move on
• sprints
• flits
• whizzes
• scampers
• scuds
• accelerates
• streaks
• stampedes
• steps out
• arrows
• overtakes
• scuffles
• outruns
• quickens
• outstrips
• outpaces
• catches up
• beelines
• fast-forwards

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• crawls
• lags
• creeps
• drags
• hangs (around or out)
• pokes
• lingers
• loiters
• pokes
• strolls
• tarries
• dawdles
• dallies
• slows (down or up)
• shuffles
• lumbers
• decelerates
• dillydallies
• ambles
• saunters
• plods

2

as in drives

to travel by a motorized vehicle

motoring along the highway at the speed limit

Synonyms & Similar Words

• drives
• automobiles
• tools
• rides
• races
• wheels
• taxis
• rolls
• chauffeurs
• joyrides
• hacks
• drags

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of motors

Noun

According to the firm, the NI-L3K can neutralize a drone in roughly 10 seconds by focusing energy on critical components like motors or batteries. —Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 22 Apr. 2026

Its long legs were modeled on elite runners, and its motors were cooled with a liquid-circulation system adapted from the smartphones of its maker, Honor, a Chinese phone company. —Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American, 22 Apr. 2026

Parts of the solid rocket motors are already there. —Brendan Byrne, NPR, 11 Apr. 2026

Dryers designed to limit damage are generally medium wattage, so expect to see motors with 1,500 watts or less. —Bestreviews, Mercury News, 10 Apr. 2026

There are three motors -- two in the rear, one in the front. —Morgan Korn, ABC News, 10 Apr. 2026

Both new Avinox motors leave the entire field behind. —Omar Kardoudi april 10, New Atlas, 10 Apr. 2026

The vehicle, which is based on the mid-size iX5, features a futuristic propulsion system developed in collaboration with Toyota that includes electric motors and a hydrogen fuel cell. —Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 9 Apr. 2026

An experimental United States bomber went so high into the substratosphere after eclipse pictures Sunday that its four motors left a wake of frozen exhaust in the sky. —Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 8 Apr. 2026