TRAINS Synonyms: 179 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

plural of train

as in entourages

a body of employees or servants who accompany and wait on a person a movie star who never goes anywhere without a train of personal assistants to cater to his every whim and need

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as in fleets

a group of vehicles traveling together or under one management a train of supply trucks making its way to the army encampment

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as in queues

a series of persons or things arranged one behind another already a long train of ticket buyers waiting outside the stadium

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as in sequences

a series of things linked together you've broken my train of thought—now what were we talking about?

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verb

present tense third-person singular of train

as in prepares

to bring to a proper or desired state of fitness has been training track-and-field athletes at the school for years

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deconditions

as in teaches

to cause to acquire knowledge or skill in some field will train the students in good study habits

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as in focuses

to fix (as one's attention) steadily toward a central objective train all your thoughts on imagining how you'd score the winning goal in the game

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as in aims

to point or turn (something) toward a target or goal trained his eyes on the distant bull's-eye

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as in equips

to make competent (as by training, skill, or ability) for a particular office or function he's so experienced that they usually use him to train new recruits

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Recent Examples of trains

Noun

In addition to furniture, Exiger has identified a steady ramp-up of other industries like kitchen cabinets, automotive parts (gears, drive trains, carburetors), and electronics that have invested billions in countries like Vietnam and other Southeast Asian countries to sidestep the tariffs. —

Lori Ann Larocco, CNBC, 29 Jan. 2026 Metra said the Amtrak switch and signal issue at Union Station caused delays of up to 45 minutes for inbound and outbound BNSF trains and up to 20 minutes for inbound and outbound Southwest Service trains. —

Todd Feurer, CBS News, 29 Jan. 2026 The trains will offer two hours of return service following the game. —

Caelyn Pender, Mercury News, 29 Jan. 2026 Which is why, when Orient Express returned to the scene last year (the rights to the name were purchased by Accor in 2017, and work on the new fleet of trains has been underway for nearly a decade), the goal was to do things a little differently. —

Liam Hess, Vogue, 28 Jan. 2026 Sleeper trains are seeing a resurgence and the golden oldies are busier than ever. —

Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Jan. 2026 To be fair to the tiny helpers, their larger self-driving car cousins have also had their fair share of trouble with trains. —

Frank Landymore, Futurism, 28 Jan. 2026 If trains were running, a bus could shuttle passengers across the river and into the park in about seven minutes. —

F.k. Plous, Chicago Tribune, 22 Jan. 2026

Verb

Shapiro said the state trains for this and is ready. —

Madeline Bartos, CBS News, 23 Jan. 2026 But most leadership development still trains people for the old game. —

Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes.com, 23 Jan. 2026 Perez, the Minneapolis activist who trains ICE watchers, said his group instructs volunteers to stay eight feet away from agents and to avoid touching or blocking them. —

Isabel Rosales, CNN Money, 22 Jan. 2026 Leerhsen has already announced that the agency plans to run Orange Line trains 24 hours a day. —

Talia Soglin, Chicago Tribune, 22 Jan. 2026 Your historical data trains your future workforce – your fleet of autonomous AI agents. —

Yasmeen Ahmad, Fortune, 21 Jan. 2026 But their units' location and training is notable – the 11th Airborne Division is stationed at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in chilly Anchorage, Alaska, and trains specifically for arctic warfare. —

Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA Today, 20 Jan. 2026 Lando, Ben Landkammer, grew up in Montana and trains canines. —

Paige Williams, New Yorker, 12 Jan. 2026 Coffee Offers an Added Perk for Athletes Any runner, biker, or lifter who regularly trains with caffeine knows that the compound can boost athletic performance, which could provide another longevity link. —

Emma Loewe, Outside, 12 Jan. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for trains

Noun

And the red carpet is wild in terms of volume — Hollywood and Indian celebrities, Egyptian entourages, the glamour of the outfits.

— Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 6 Dec. 2025
Loro Piana created the attire that Team Europe athletes and their entourages wore during all official events, both on and off the course.

— Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 30 Sep. 2025