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transportation - 11 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | transportation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | conveyance |
| Synonyms: | moving, passage, shipment, shipping, transit, transport, carrying, conveying, freightage, haulage, hauling, portage |
| Main Entry: | automobile |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | land vehicle; car |
| Synonyms: | auto, bug*, buggy*, bus, compact, convertible, crate*, heap*, jalopy*, lemon*, ride*, sports car, transportation, truck, tub*, van, wreck*, bucket of bolts, clunker, four-wheeler, gas guzzler, go-cart, hardtop, hatchback, junker, limousine, motor car, oil burner, passenger car, pickup truck, sedan, station wagon, subcompact, taxi, wheels |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | conveyance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | transport |
| Synonyms: | car, carriage, communication, machine, movement, transfer, transmission, transportation, vehicle, carrying, transference |
| Antonyms: | hold, possession |
| Main Entry: | deportation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | banishment |
| Synonyms: | eviction, exile, expulsion, ostracism, removal, transportation, displacement, expatriation, extradition, relegation |
| Antonyms: | approval, permission |
| Main Entry: | freight |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | goods being shipped |
| Synonyms: | ballast, bulk, burden, carriage, consignment, contents, conveyance, encumbrance, haul, lading, load, merchandise, pack, payload, shipment, shipping, transportation, wares, weight, bales, fardel, packages, tonnage |
| Main Entry: | ride |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | journey, trip in vehicle |
| Synonyms: | commute, drive, excursion, expedition, hitch, jaunt, lift, outing, pick up*, run, spin, tour, transportation, turn, whirl, Sunday drive, airing, joyride |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | carriage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | delivery of freight |
| Synonyms: | conveyance, freight, transit, transport, transportation, carrying, conveying, delivering |
| Main Entry: | distribution |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | allocation, dispersion |
| Synonyms: | administration, allotment, apportionment, assessment, circulating, circulation, delivery, diffusion, dispensation, disposal, dissemination, division, dole, handling, mailing, marketing, partition, propagation, scattering, sharing, spreading, transport, transportation, alloting, apportioning, assigning, dealing, dispersal, disposing, dissipating, handing out, partitioning, prorating, rationing, trading |
| Antonyms: | collection, gathering, hoard, maintenance, store, hoarding |
| Main Entry: | traffic |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | coming and going |
| Synonyms: | flux, freight, gridlock, influx, jam, movement, parking lot*, passage, rush hour, service, shipment, transfer, transit, transport, transportation, travel, cartage, passengers, truckage, vehicles |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | transport |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | move, transfer |
| Synonyms: | carriage, carrier, conveyance, lift, movement, moving, passage, removal, shipment, shipping, transit, transportation, vehicle, carrying, carting, conveying, conveyor, freightage, hauling, mover, transference, transferring, transporting, transshipment, truckage |
| Antonyms: | idle, remain, stay |
| Main Entry: | transmission |
| Part of Speech: | noun1 |
| Definition: | the act of transporting |
| Synonyms: | communication, conveyance, sending, transportation, carrying, hauling, transference, transmittal, transposal |
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