WHEELS Synonyms: 126 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

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plural of wheel

as in car

slang a self-propelled passenger vehicle on four wheels now that I've got wheels, I can go to the outlet mall

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verb

present tense third-person singular of wheel

as in swings

to change the course or direction of (something) wheeled the bike around sharply to see what had fallen off

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as in rotates

to move (something) in a curved or circular path on or as if on an axis wheeled the bicycle's tires around to see if they were balanced

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as in revolves

to move in circles around an axis or center she wheeled around and around until finally she got dizzy and fell down

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as in curves

to turn away from a straight line or course the highway wheels to the west as it forms an arc that bypasses the city

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straightens

as in turns

to change one's course or direction upon hearing the construction workers' suggestive remarks, she wheeled around to glare at them

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Recent Examples of wheels

Noun

With its sleek, minimalist design and smooth spinner wheels, this bag gives an aesthetic upgrade to your travel game. —

Chaise Sanders, Travel + Leisure, 23 Apr. 2026 Last season, the Rockies’ offense often got stuck in a rut and stayed there, spinning its wheels. —

Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 23 Apr. 2026 Then, with McLean still on the mound in the seventh, Luke Keaschall singled in Cody Klemens to tie the game at three before the wheels fell off in the ninth. —

James O'Connell, New York Daily News, 22 Apr. 2026 Now a new album is coming out — spoiler alert — so something that was in the wheels starting to spin again at the end of the film worked for you. —

Chris Willman, Variety, 22 Apr. 2026 Make sure the tires reconnect with the road - During the skid, wait until the tires reconnect with the road and then gently straighten the wheels to regain control. —

Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 22 Apr. 2026 Larger angle wheels aren’t necessary for the occasional DIY-er, but professional wood and metal workers might want a larger, more versatile diameter. —

Bestreviews, Mercury News, 22 Apr. 2026 Power a car with a gallon of gas, and some of that energy is squandered heating the engine block rather than spinning the wheels. —

Big Think, 22 Apr. 2026 Make sure the tires reconnect with the road - During the skid, wait until the tires reconnect with the road and then gently straighten the wheels to regain control. —

Star-Telegram Weather Bot, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Apr. 2026

Verb

The trio rebuild the tower and Guerrero goes up again, pulling the line for about four minutes more before the group takes down the tower, wheels the cart away from the window and walks away. —

John Annese, New York Daily News, 29 Mar. 2026 The robot wheels forward on flat ground, raises its legs in a motion similar to a dog climbing stairs, and then resumes rolling where the terrain allows. —

Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 5 Jan. 2026 Stripped to her underwear and tied to a chair, Evelyn begs for her life as Gein wheels out a corpse, wraps its long-dead fingers around the handle of a hammer, and brings both inanimate objects down on Evelyn’s head. —

Ben Travers, IndieWire, 4 Oct. 2025 Not only are flights plentiful, affordable, and brief—the journey, wheels up to wheels down, is just shy of two hours—the Windy City has long been home to one of the country’s most vibrant and diverse restaurant scenes. —

Katie Chang, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025 In a video posted to Instagram, the 47-year-old HGTV host wheels two carry-ons through an airport terminal. —

Colson Thayer, People.com, 14 Aug. 2025

Recent Examples of Synonyms for wheels

Noun

Javier Delgado-Cordoba, 29, is accused of assaulting a woman in the back of his car in Arvada in January, police officials said this week.

— Katie Langford, Denver Post, 25 Apr. 2026
Whether despite this background or because of it, young Zac becomes preoccupied with the outward signs of extreme wealth, luxury cars especially, in a manner somewhat precocious but not entirely remarkable for a teenage boy.

— Mark O’Connell, The New York Review of Books, 25 Apr. 2026