Antonyms for perambulator


Grammar : Noun
Spell : per-am-byuh-ley-ter
Phonetic Transcription : pərˈæm byəˌleɪ tər


Definition of perambulator

Origin :
  • 1610s, "one who perambulates," agent noun in Latin form from perambulate. Sense of "baby carriage" is first recorded 1856; often colloquially shortened to pram.
  • As in baby carriage : noun small wheeled carriage
  • As in bassinet : noun baby bed
  • As in stroller : noun carriage
  • As in walker : noun person who walks
  • As in coach : noun carriage
Example sentences :
  • I ain't a baby, nor a perambulator neither, to be pushed about by you.
  • Extract from : « Archie's Mistake » by G. E. Wyatt
  • Poor Dahlia, she'll be frightened when she sees the perambulator gone.
  • Extract from : « Once a Week » by Alan Alexander Milne
  • Mr. Trew gazed for a few moments at a baby in a perambulator.
  • Extract from : « Love at Paddington » by W. Pett Ridge
  • Fort stood at the end of the perambulator, and looked at that other fellow's baby.
  • Extract from : « Saint's Progress » by John Galsworthy
  • With his foot he drew the perambulator a little nearer to him.
  • Extract from : « Old Valentines » by Munson Aldrich Havens
  • Well, my dear, she has twins; she brought them here once in a perambulator.
  • Extract from : « Thistle and Rose » by Amy Walton
  • I asked carelessly, while twins in a perambulator got out of our line of fire.
  • Extract from : « Actions and Reactions » by Rudyard Kipling
  • You must not loiter with a perambulator, and you must not go too fast.
  • Extract from : « Three Men on the Bummel » by Jerome K. Jerome
  • Dickie whispered to Mr. Beale and climbed out of the perambulator.
  • Extract from : « Harding's luck » by E. [Edith] Nesbit
  • It was Peter, but a Peter who has changed some since perambulator days,—just as Honora has changed some.
  • Extract from : « A Modern Chronicle, Complete » by Winston Churchill

Synonyms for perambulator

Based on : Thesaurus.com - Gutenberg.org - Dictionary.com - Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019