vehicle

Noun

1. A conveyance: a spacious device for carrying or transporting substances, objects, people or animals.
2. A medium for expression of talent or views.
3. A liquid content (e.g., oil) which acts as a binding and drying agent in paint.
4. The main excipient (such as an oil or gel) that conveys the active ingredient of a drug.
5. An entity to achieve an end.
6. A mode or method of spiritual practice; a yana.
7. (Hinduism) An animal or (rarely) a plant on which a Hindu deity rides or sits.

Verb

1. To transport in a vehicle, or as if in a vehicle.
2. To travel in a vehicle.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈviː.ɪ.kəl/

Etymology

Borrowed from French véhicule, from Latin vehiculum (“a carriage, conveyance”), from vehere (“to carry”).

Synonyms

car

🚗

carriage

automobile

conveyance

cart

transport

medium

carrier

means of transport

wagon

chariot

truck

🚚

instrument

means

wheels

coach

agency

intermediary

a form of communication

rolling stock

sedan

auto

fomite

channel

tool

motor

waggon

motor vehicle

menstruum

mode

motorcar

motor car

outfit

passenger transport

pass on

pool

receptacle

refuge

rickshaw

ride

rig

set

solvent

support

supporter

varnish

vector

vehicular traffic

way

wreck