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
Example sentences :
  • 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

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