vehicle

noun

ˈvē-ə-kəl How to pronounce vehicle (audio)
Definition of vehiclenext
1
as in instrumentality
something used to achieve an end used organized protests as a vehicle for change

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2
as in transportation
something used to carry goods or passengers bought a larger vehicle after they had a third baby

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Recent Examples of vehicle Opponents have filed numerous lawsuits seeking to stop the project, which in the Big Bend consists of a mixture of walls, vehicle barriers and surveillance technology. — ABC News, 21 Oct. 2026 An agitator jumped onto the hood of an ICE vehicle and the officer driving applied the brakes. — Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 21 Oct. 2026 For SpaceX, the near-term priority is reaching a high flight cadence for Starship and pushing the boundaries of vehicle reuse to enable it. — Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 21 Oct. 2026 Some videos appeared to show buses and emergency vehicles in an empty parking lot, surrounded by the fog. — Rebecca Cohen, NBC news, 21 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for vehicle
Recent Examples of Synonyms for vehicle
  1. instrumentality
  2. transportation
  3. instrument
  4. transport
  5. means
  6. agent
  7. machinery
  8. mechanism
Noun
  • Advertisement The war on terror represented a failed effort to impose a unipolar order on the world, one that could no longer rely on the economic instrumentality of globalization alone.
    — Faisal Devji, Time, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Issued by the Wyoming Stable Token Commission, a state instrumentality created under the Wyoming Stable Token Act (2023), FRNT is fully reserved and managed in partnership with Franklin Templeton.
    — Jason Brett, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2026
Definition of instrumentality
Noun
  • For travelers arriving independently, the lodge's location near the park entrance is a major convenience, though transportation and activities will have to be arranged separately.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Oct. 2026
  • But many experts said where Newsom made his mark is in green transportation.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of transportation
Noun
  • Ne-Yo followed suit and honed his tenor like a lithe instrument.
    — Clover Hope, Pitchfork, 25 Oct. 2026
  • The Pentagon report notes that the object's speed was estimated by witnesses rather than measured by instruments.
    — Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2026
Definition of instrument
Noun
  • In his statement, Dan also blamed Russia for a spate of attacks in recent weeks on civilian maritime transport in the Black Sea, which has left at least three people dead and has raised fears of an escalation in Russia's war against Ukraine.
    — STEPHEN McGRATH, Arkansas Online, 28 Oct. 2026
  • However, the current results demonstrate selective ion transport rather than a complete industrial extraction process.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of transport
Noun
  • Analysts attributed elevated gas prices to ongoing fighting in the Middle East, which has damaged oil infrastructure and forced firms to take up costly means of transporting crude.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Only Washington, North Carolina and Oregon tracked rejection rates with enough detail to distinguish ballots received in the mail from those received by some other means, like a ballot drop box.
    — Ken B. Morales, ProPublica, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of means
Noun
  • According to Jáuregui’s defense team, the federal prosecutor’s office said the agents were close to the person who led the operation, the Chihuahua investigations chief who was one of two deceased Mexicans.
    — María Verza, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2026
  • Even nicotine-free formulas contain flavorings and solvent agents like propylene glycol and vegetable glycerin.
    — Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2026
Definition of agent
Noun
  • What began as an industry of light and illusion had, by the 1940s, become a machinery of control—an empire built on fantasy, running on fear.
    — Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 27 Oct. 2026
  • But its model would inevitably replace repetitive sewing roles with fewer jobs supervising and maintaining machinery.
    — Jessica Binns, Vogue, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of machinery
Noun
  • Those four companies used no technical mechanism to confirm the speaker’s consent.
    — Muskaan Arshad, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2026
  • All Googlebooks have a metal chassis, and while most include hinge mechanisms beneath their touchpads, the Lenovo Googlebook has haptic motors beneath the touchpads to simulate the clicking sensation.
    — Joe Osborne, PC Magazine, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of mechanism

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“Vehicle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vehicle. Accessed 29 Oct. 2026.

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