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

The transit agency projects that more than 49,000 people will board the trains at the new stations each weekday. —

Steve Scauzillo, Daily News, 7 May 2026 On the weekend, there will be nine extra trains that run every 60 minutes. —

Alexandra Simon, CBS News, 6 May 2026 Not to mention that everything from trains to tours will leave predictably on the dot, with or without you. —

Jessica Kozuka, Travel + Leisure, 6 May 2026 The trains are due in passenger service in 2029. —

Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 4 May 2026 And diesel gas, the lifeblood of American business that keeps trucks tractors and trains running, is approaching record highs. —

ABC News, 3 May 2026 Equally senseless is an Amtrak proposal that would allow people to store guns in lockboxes on most of its trains. —

Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 2 May 2026 Orient Express, founded in 1883 and part of the Accor Group since 2022, has imbued the behemoth with the old-world glitz and glamour synonymous with its famous trains. —

Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 30 Apr. 2026 There’s a space for children to color and a table with trains. —

Judith Kohler, Denver Post, 30 Apr. 2026

Verb

Espinoza, who trains club with the La Mirada Armada, won her first section titles but took more pride in the relay. —

Dan Albano, Oc Register, 9 May 2026 Pumped and sweaty, Jesse Ackerman trains in solitude during UF’s semester break, putting the team’s new weight room through its paces. —

Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 May 2026 The 26-member Board of Regents has one voting student regent and one nonvoting student regent-designate, who trains for a year before taking the voting seat when the prior member cycles off. —

Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2026 Human intervention keeps the risk of false positives low and trains the technology to become more accurate, said Neal Driscoll, geology and geophysics professor at the University of California, San Diego, and founder of ALERTCalifornia. —

ABC News, 4 May 2026 The School of Continuing Education and Professional Development at Miami Dade College also has a broadband and fiber optic technician program, which trains those who install and repair high-speed internet networks. —

Sarah Moreno may 1, Miami Herald, 1 May 2026 The world’s largest scuba-diving organization, which has issued more than 31 million certifications since 1966 and trains roughly three-quarters of the world’s divers, is using its global network as a force for change. —

Time Contributors, Time, 29 Apr. 2026 The place trains you to slow down. —

Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Apr. 2026 Although the 162-game marathon trains you not to look too far ahead, the early signals are not meaningless. —

Patrick Mooney, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for trains

Noun

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
Sure, there were others — boyfriends came and went, entourages, too.

— Merle Ginsberg, HollywoodReporter, 20 Jan. 2026