Antonyms for vehicles
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : vee-i-kuh l or, sometimes, vee-hi- |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈvi ɪ kəl or, sometimes, ˈvi hɪ- |
Definition of vehicles
Origin :- 1610s, "a medium through which a drug or medicine is administered," also "any means of conveying or transmitting," from French véhicule, from Latin vehiculum "means of transport, a vehicle," from vehere "to carry," from PIE *wegh- "to go, transport in a vehicle" (cf. Old English wegan "to carry;" Old Norse vegr, Old High German weg "way;" Middle Dutch wagen "wagon;" see wagon). Sense of "cart or other conveyance" first recorded 1650s.
- noun machine used for transportation
- noun means of attaining end
- Wherever he looked there were masses of people and vehicles and tall buildings.
- Extract from : « The Foolish Lovers » by St. John G. Ervine
- There were many people on foot, and many people in vehicles of various kinds.
- Extract from : « The Uncommercial Traveller » by Charles Dickens
- A little life then came back to him, and we took him away in one of the vehicles.
- Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
- Other vehicles kept arriving, but there were so many wounded, so very many.
- Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
- There was an indescribable block of vehicles, stretchers, and mattresses.
- Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
- For if they do not win, they cannot return to Mars, as they will have destroyed their vehicles!
- Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science September 1930 » by Various
- The use of coaches or other vehicles is prohibited, and the churches are never empty.
- Extract from : « Roman Catholicism in Spain » by Anonymous
- They were blocked by vehicles of all kinds, and their footways were crowded with vegetables.
- Extract from : « The Fat and the Thin » by Emile Zola
- The porters arranged them symmetrically, tier by tier, on the vehicles.
- Extract from : « The Fat and the Thin » by Emile Zola
- For the matter of that, all the vehicles in sight appeared to have four wheels.
- Extract from : « Kent Knowles: Quahaug » by Joseph C. Lincoln
Synonyms for vehicles
- agency
- agent
- apparatus
- automobile
- bicycle
- boat
- buggy
- bus
- cab
- car
- carrier
- channel
- chariot
- conveyance
- crate
- expedient
- implement
- instrument
- instrumentality
- intermediary
- jalopy
- jeep
- means of expression
- mechanism
- medium
- ministry
- motorcycle
- organ
- taxi
- tool
- transport
- truck
- van
- vector
- wagon
- way
- ways and means
- wheels
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