TRAINS Synonyms: 179 Similar and Opposite Words

trains 1 of 2

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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trains

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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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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

Producer prices on diesel, a critical fuel that powers trucks, tractors and trains, surged by 78% in August, according to the BLS. — Matt Egan, CNN Money, 23 Sep. 2026 An August report by Ukrainska Pravda also highlighted a new railway construction capable of handling military trains in Belarus' Gomel Oblast near the Ukraine border. — Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 23 Sep. 2026 Despite the country setting, the estate is about five miles from Alton, which has direct trains to London Waterloo. — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 23 Sep. 2026 Every September, around 830 boys from ages 13 to 18 take planes, trains, and automobiles to install themselves in their boarding houses at Harrow on the Hill. — Ashley Baker, Vanity Fair, 22 Sep. 2026 The Sleeper uses vintage night trains with three-to-six-person compartments with couchettes that convert into beds (bookable by the bed or as private cabins). — Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Sep. 2026 Reducing air resistance inside the tubes would allow the vehicles to travel faster and more efficiently than conventional trains. — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 22 Sep. 2026 There are Resident Evil games set in Spanish castles, runaway trains, ocean liners, weird mansions, the bayou, and strange theme-park-like villages, with bespoke creatures in each. — Joshua Rivera, Vulture, 21 Sep. 2026 The leaders of America’s largest transit systems say there are common problems that plague them all, including riders who do not pay their fare on trains and buses, cybersecurity threats and a need to modernize systems. — Tia Mitchell, AJC.com, 16 Sep. 2026

Verb

Stunned at first by his opponent’s aggressiveness and the onslaught of personal attacks, Ted trains himself to withstand the barrages and to respond in kind. — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2026 Thornton, who trains at the University of Kansas in the offseason, could look to add some muscle to his frame this winter. — Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 24 Sep. 2026 The venture trains professional women home repair technicians, positioning skilled manual work as a viable path to financial independence. — Denni Hu, Footwear News, 24 Sep. 2026 Reasoning paths and summaries are techniques some AI developers have used in distillation attacks, in which a model maker trains their technology on another model's outputs. — Jon Martindale, PC Magazine, 18 Sep. 2026 The clock is ticking while Fantilli waits and trains a few hours away in Michigan. — Aaron Portzline, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026 Canine Companions trains facility dogs to work alongside professionals in settings including schools, hospitals and other environments serving vulnerable populations. — Brian Maass, CBS News, 10 Sep. 2026 The premise couldn’t be simpler, though Wollner’s incredible prologue — a careful arrangement of low-event long takes that emphasize how people move through spaces in time — trains our eyes to privilege texture over incident. — David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 10 Sep. 2026 The most successful young athlete isn’t necessarily the one who trains the most. — Michael Swartzon, Miami Herald, 9 Sep. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for trains

Noun

The bout was a big draw for glitterati, gangs and their entourages -- particularly from Southern California.

— Sasha Pezenik, ABC News, 10 Aug. 2026
Long before private jets and sprawling entourages became standard for global superstars, Starr and his bandmates — Paul McCartney, John Lennon and George Harrison — were simply four young men navigating fame together, suitcase by suitcase.

— Stephanie Giang-Paunon, FOXNews.com, 21 Apr. 2026

Definition of entourages

Noun

The Minnesota Trucking Association represents nearly 500 fleets statewide.

— Frankie McLister, CBS News, 17 Sep. 2026
That could make fleets of relatively inexpensive autonomous vessels useful for building persistent datasets across parts of the ocean that are poorly monitored today.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of fleets

Noun

The smooth journeys contrasted with the train queues at Zandvoort last month and the long wait for taxis to leave the Hungaroring in July.

— Luke Smith, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026
In a wartorn country where air travel is too perilous to even consider, the roads are the obvious option, but are jammed, precarious, and cursed with long, torturous border queues.

— Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of queues

Noun

And, of course, there are more gunfights and suspense sequences, including with champagne bottles as blunt weapons for Knightley in her second-season return.

— Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 24 Sep. 2026
But sequences in the film that show his inner torment serve an important purpose, says Primetime editor Daniel Garber.

— Samantha Bergeson, Vanity Fair, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of sequences

Verb

The first two production lines are now being tested as CATL prepares the facility for series production.

— Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 23 Sep. 2026
The debut represents a notable loosening up, arriving as the company prepares for a much larger expansion of its business.

— Thomas Waller, Footwear News, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of prepares

Verb

But Pavese understood that the only lesson tragedy really teaches is that there is no end to suffering.

— Max Norman, Harpers Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026
Public discourse teaches children which differences are treated as ordinary, which are treated as suspect and who is allowed to belong without having to explain themselves.

— Anahi Collado, The Conversation, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of teaches

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Raytron’s new approach focuses specifically on infrared imagery, where temperature, heat distribution and thermal signatures provide information that conventional visible-light cameras cannot capture.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 20 Sep. 2026
Those talks have since stalled as Tehran focuses on negotiating the future of the Strait of Hormuz and Washington turns back to diplomacy.

— Leila Gharagozlou, CNN Money, 20 Sep. 2026

Definition of focuses

Verb

This approach aims to reduce dependence on global raw material sources.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 19 Sep. 2026
As the project grows, it is set to employ up to about 100 people — and Haji said the company aims to source talent locally as much as possible.

— Sarah Cutler, Idaho Statesman, 19 Sep. 2026