SPORT-UTILITY VEHICLE Synonyms: 57 Similar Words

sport-utility vehicle

noun

as in sports car

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Recent Examples of sport-utility vehicle Another man stood by the passenger side of a sport utility vehicle. — Mara H. Gottfried, Twin Cities, 29 May 2026 Starting the service in 2021 with just three vehicles, the operation now fields 21 vans and sport utility vehicles offering round-the-clock response throughout the region. — Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 May 2026 Police said the pedestrian was struck by a westbound sport utility vehicle whose driver stopped immediately, called 911 and remained at the scene. — Paula Wethington, CBS News, 15 Apr. 2026 For the Tesla Model Y (sport-utility vehicle), this translates into a potential driving range extension of nearly 90 miles (about 145 km) without increasing the battery pack’s size. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 19 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for sport-utility vehicle

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Noun

Suspended from wires overhead, a sports car was poised as if racing around a Möbius strip, meant to evoke the unending pursuit of improvement.

— Evan Osnos, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026
That’s the all-important question every sports car fan is asking about Mazda’s most celebrated car.

— Peter Lyon, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026

Definition of sports car

Noun

The father and children were last seen in a 2011 Black Lincoln town car with the California license plate SOLOYST.

— Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 26 July 2026
The app, called Cherry, lasted only a year, but Sacks did better with another early-stage investment in a company that sent a town car to pick you up.

— George Packer, The Atlantic, 4 May 2026

Definition of town car

Noun

Inscoe turned himself in a few hours later, and was charged with two counts of felony assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill/inflicting serious injury, and felony larceny of a motor vehicle, the sheriff’s office said.

— Mark Price July 31, Charlotte Observer, 31 July 2026
For years, however, the righthand lane was a lane shared by both motor vehicles and bicycles.

— Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 31 July 2026

Definition of motor vehicle

Noun

But each vehicle is unique — an all-purpose sedan (station wagon), a two-door convertible and the four-door Town Car Phaeton.

— James Raia, Mercury News, 2 Aug. 2026
My family loved to spin yarns and tell stories, whether at the dinner table or on long drives in the station wagon and the backward-facing trundle seat.

— Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE, 3 July 2026

Definition of station wagon

Noun

According to a Reuters report, entering this competitive but high-margin market, as well as the large SUV segment, is the path forward, since both are areas the automaker currently ignores.

— Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 7 Aug. 2026
The suspect left the scene in a Cadillac SUV and remained at large Thursday, police said.

— Jason Green, Mercury News, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of SUV

Noun

From the start of deliveries in the spring through June, Subaru moved 2,436 examples of the wagon, while Toyota sold 554 units.

— Adam Ismail, The Drive, 6 Aug. 2026
From there, Nyugen and her volunteers split up into two teams before dragging the wagons along the streets of Chinatown.

— Melody Xu, Los Angeles Times, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of wagon

Noun

Al-Hilal is keen to offload the player, who is training separately from their main squad and not in coach Simoene Inzaghi's plans.

— Tom Sanderson, Forbes.com, 3 Aug. 2026
Gainesville quickly lured Grayson’s coach, Santavious Bryant, a former Gainesville assistant, as Niblett’s replacement.

— Todd Holcomb, AJC.com, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of coach

Noun

Despite overcoming early battery recalls to post record sales figures, GM retired the hatchback to retool its factory for electric trucks and sunset its aging battery platform.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 2 Aug. 2026
In Irkutsk, Russia, a man is seen leaning into the open window of a hatchback and repeatedly hitting another motorist.

— Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 30 June 2026

Definition of hatchback

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