vehicle

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: ve=hi=cle

CIDE DICTIONARY

vehicle, n. [L. vehiculum, fr. vehere to carry; akin to E. way, wain. See Way, n., and cf. Convex, Inveigh, Veil, Vex.].

•  That in or on which any person or thing is, or may be, carried, as a coach, carriage, wagon, cart, car, sleigh, bicycle, etc.; a means of conveyance; specifically, a means of conveyance upon land.  [1913 Webster]
•  That which is used as the instrument of conveyance or communication; as, matter is the vehicle of energy.  [1913 Webster]

  "A simple style forms the best vehicle of thought to a popular assembly."  [1913 Webster]
•  A substance in which medicine is taken.  [1913 Webster]
•  Any liquid with which a pigment is applied, including whatever gum, wax, or glutinous or adhesive substance is combined with it.  [1913 Webster]

  " Water is used in fresco and in water-color painting, the colors being consolidated with gum arabic; size is used in distemper painting. In oil painting, the fixed oils of linseed, nut, and poppy, are used; in encaustic, wax is the vehicle."  Fairholt.  [1913 Webster]
•  A liquid used to spread sensitive salts upon glass and paper for use in photography.  [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

vehicle, n.
1 any conveyance for transporting people, goods, etc., esp. on land.
2 a medium for thought, feeling, or action (the stage is the best vehicle for their talents).
3 a liquid etc. as a medium for suspending pigments, drugs, etc.
4 the literal meaning of a word or words used metaphorically (opp. TENOR 6).

Derivative

vehicular adj.

Etymology

F v{eacute}hicule or L vehiculum f. vehere carry

THESAURUS

vehicle

Charlie McCarthy, Grand Guignol, Passion play, Tom show, agency, agent, ancilla, antimasque, appliance, audience success, backing, ballet, bibliofilm, bipack, black-and-white film, bomb, broadcast drama, burlesque show, carrier, cartridge, channel, charade, chromogen, cliff hanger, closet drama, coat, coat of paint, coating, color, color film, color filter, color gelatin, color negative film, colorant, coloring, comedy drama, conduit, contrivance, conveyance, creature, critical success, daytime serial, dead-color, device, dialogue, distemper, documentary drama, dope, drama, dramalogue, dramatic play, dramatic series, drier, dry plate, dummy, duodrama, duologue, dupe, dye, dyestuff, emulsion, epic theater, experimental theater, exterior paint, extravaganza, failure, film, flat coat, flat wash, floor enamel, flop, frame, gasser, giveaway, go-between, ground, handmaid, handmaiden, happening, hit, hit show, implement, improvisational drama, instrument, instrumentality, interagent, interior paint, intermediary, intermediate, intermedium, legitimate drama, lever, masque, mean, means, mechanism, mediator, medium, melodrama, microfilm, midwife, minion, ministry, minstrel show, miracle, miracle play, monochromatic film, monodrama, monologue, morality, morality play, motion-picture film, music drama, musical revue, mystery, mystery play, negative, opaque color, opera, organ, orthochromatic film, pack, pageant, paint, panchromatic film, panel show, pantomime, pastoral, pastoral drama, pawn, photographic paper, piece, pigment, plate, play, playlet, plaything, prime coat, primer, priming, printing paper, problem play, psychodrama, puppet, quiz show, radio drama, review, revue, roll, sensational play, serial, servant, show, sitcom, situation comedy, sketch, skit, slave, soap, soap opera, sociodrama, sound film, sound track, sound-on-film, soundstripe, spectacle, stage play, stage show, stain, stooge, straight drama, success, suspense drama, tableau, tableau vivant, talk show, teleplay, television drama, television play, tempera, theater of cruelty, thinner, tinction, tincture, tool, total theater, toy, transparent color, transport, transportation, tripack, turpentine, turps, undercoat, undercoating, variety show, vaudeville, vaudeville show, wash, wash coat, word-of-mouth success, work

ROGET THESAURUS

vehicle

Instrumentality

N instrumentality, aid, subservience, subserviency, mediation, intervention, medium, intermedium, vehicle, hand, agency, minister, handmaid, midwife, accoucheur, accoucheuse, obstetrician, gobetween, cat's-paw, stepping-stone, opener, key, master key, passkey, latchkey, open sesame, passport, passe-partout, safe-conduct, password, instrument, expedient, means, instrumental, useful, ministerial, subservient, mediatorial, intermediate, intervening, conducive, through, by, per, whereby, thereby, hereby, by the agency of, by dint of, by virtue of, in virtue of, through the medium of, along with, on the shoulders of, by means of, by the aid of, with the aid of, per fas et nefas, by fair means or foul, somehow, somehow or other, by hook or by crook.

Journey

N journey, travel, traveling, wayfaring, campaigning, journey, excursion, expedition, tour, trip, grand tour, circuit, peregrination, discursion, ramble, pilgrimage, hajj, trek, course, ambulation, march, walk, promenade, constitutional, stroll, saunter, tramp, jog trot, turn, stalk, perambulation, noctambulation, noctambulism, somnambulism, outing, ride, drive, airing, jaunt, equitation, horsemanship, riding, manege, ride and tie, basophobia, roving, vagrancy, pererration, marching and countermarching, nomadism, vagabondism, vagabondage, hoboism, gadding, flit, flitting, migration, emigration, immigration, demigration, intermigration, wanderlust, plan, itinerary, guide, handbook, guidebook, road book, Baedeker, Bradshaw, Murray, map, road map, transportation guide, subway map, procession, cavalcade, caravan, file, cortege, column, vehicle, automobile, train, bus, airplane, plane, autobus, omnibus, subway, motorbike, dirt bike, off-road vehicle, van, minivan, motor scooter, trolley, locomotive, legs, feet, pegs, pins, trotters, traveler, depot, railway station, station, traveling, ambulatory, itinerant, peripatetic, roving, rambling, gadding, discursive, vagrant, migratory, monadic, circumforanean, circumforaneous, noctivagrant, mundivagrant, locomotive, wayfaring, wayworn, travel-stained, on foot, on horseback, on Shanks's mare, by the Marrowbone stage: in transitu, en route, Int, come along!.

Vehicle

N vehicle, conveyance, carriage, caravan, van, common carrier, wagon, waggon, wain, dray, cart, lorry, truck, tram, cariole, carriole, limber, tumbrel, pontoon, barrow, wheel barrow, hand barrow, perambulator, Bath chair, wheel chair, sedan chair, chaise, palankeen, palanquin, litter, brancard, crate, hurdle, stretcher, ambulance, black Maria, conestoga wagon, conestoga wain, jinrikisha, ricksha, brett, dearborn, dump cart, hack, hackery, jigger, kittereen, mailstate, manomotor, rig, rockaway, prairie schooner, shay, sloven, team, tonga, wheel, hobbyhorse, go-cart, cycle, bicycle, bike, two-wheeler, tricycle, velocipede, quadricycle, equipage, turn-out, coach, chariot, phaeton, break, mail phaeton, wagonette, drag, curricle, tilbury, whisky, landau, barouche, victoria, brougham, clarence, calash, caleche, britzka, araba, kibitka, berlin, sulky, desobligeant, sociable, vis-a-vis, dormeuse, jaunting car, outside car, dandi, doolie, dooly, munchil, palki, roller skates, skate, runabout, ski, tonjon, vettura, post chaise, diligence, stage, stage coach, mail coach, hackney coach, glass coach, stage wagon, car, omnibus, fly, cabriolet, cab, hansom, shofle, four-wheeler, growler, droshki, drosky, dogcart, trap, whitechapel, buggy, four-in-hand, unicorn, random, tandem, shandredhan, char-a-bancs, motor car, automobile, limousine, car, auto, jalopy, clunker, lemon, flivver, coupe, sedan, two-door sedan, four-door sedan, luxury sedan, wheels, sports car, roadster, gran turismo, jeep, four-wheel drive vehicle, electric car, steamer, golf cart, electric wagon, taxicab, cab, taxicoach, checker cab, yellow cab, station wagon, family car, motorcycle, motor bike, side car, van, minivan, bus, minibus, microbus, truck, wagon, pick-up wagon, pick-up, tractor- trailer, road train, articulated vehicle, racing car, racer, hot rod, stock car, souped-up car, bob, bobsled, bobsleigh, cutter, double ripper, double runner, jumper, sled, sledge, sleigh, toboggan, train, accommodation train, passenger train, express trail, special train, corridor train, parliamentary train, luggage train, freight train, goods train, 1st class train, 2nd class train, 3rd class train, 1st class carriage, 2nd class carriage, 3rd class carriage, 1st class compartment, 2nd class compartment, 3rd class compartment, rolling stock, horse box, cattle truck, baggage car, express car, freight car, parlor car, dining car, Pullman car, sleeping car, sleeper, dome car, surface car, tram car, trolley car, box car, box wagon, horse car, bullet train, shinkansen, cannonball, the Wabash cannonball, lightning express, luggage van, mail, mail car, mail van, shovel, spool, spatula, ladle, hod, hoe, spade, spaddle, loy, spud, pitchfork, post hole digger, tractor, steamshovel, backhoe, fork lift, earth mover, dump truck, bulldozer, grader, caterpillar, trench digger, steamroller, pile driver, crane, wrecking crane.