Skip to main content
vehicle

vehicle

48 5.1
A way to show ideas or feelings to other people
  • noun
  • /ˈviːɪkl/
translation icon : medio
  • I think the essay is the perfect vehicle for my temperament and - "Nature, Jonathan."
  • serve as a vehicle
  • become a vehicle
  • provide a vehicle

And so you become the vehicle of cleansing of sorts.

Autoplay Next

Examples

  • Support groups in the school would be one vehicle for sharing value consistencies and conflicts.

    Academic text (1991)
  • Thus, relativistic thinking may provide a unique vehicle for exploring multiple values and commitments.

    Academic text (2008)
  • Can you find it a channel or a vehicle to give back in some way?

  • The book is a vehicle to practice behavior change.

  • The class action provides them with a vehicle for recovering the harm suffered.

    Academic text (2017)
  • Professional journals are an important vehicle for sharing new developments in research, policies, and practices with colleagues.

    Academic text (2013)
  • The public utility of fountains and their everyday use made them ideal vehicles for political propaganda.

    Academic text (2013)
  • The documentary served as a vehicle for raising awareness about climate change.

  • Art can be a powerful vehicle for expressing complex emotions and ideas.

  • The internet has become a crucial vehicle for disseminating information globally.

Synonyms

medium
vsvehicle
116 4.1

A way to send or store information, for example television

is broader, used to express or achieve things beyond information transmission
conveyance
vsvehicle
5 5.0

A vehicle or way of moving people and things

focuses on nonphysical means for expression or achieving an outcome

Idioms

9.2

A modern car that is unlike the older cars people used to drive

Compounds

27 1.5

A machine like a car or bus that moves on roads and has an engine

armored vehicle
  • Specialized
22 3.4

A vehicle with heavy metal protection that keeps people safe from attack, like a tank or police van

A large car like a truck that can drive on roads and rough ground

A machine like a truck or tank that the army uses

A large vehicle with living space that people use for travel and camping

space vehicle
  • Specialized
4 3.5

A machine built to travel in outer space, like a spacecraft or satellite

A bus or train that carries many people

A machine with wheels that carries people or goods

amphibious vehicle
  • Specialized
1 6.1

A machine like a car that can move on land and in water

The movement of cars and trucks on roads in an area at one time

A machine with wheels like a car or bus that moves on roads

A vehicle with wheels pulled by horses that carries people or goods

A machine like a car or tractor that moves by its own power

tracked vehicle
  • Specialized
1 6.0

A vehicle that moves on wide tracks to travel over soft or rough ground

7.6

A heavy military machine like a tank with heavy metal plates, tracks, and a large gun for fighting

8.0

A fast vehicle with light armour that scouts and watches ahead

7.4

A rocket that flies to check equipment and systems

star vehicle
  • Literature
6.8

A film, play, or TV show made mainly to show a famous actor's talent

8.0

Infection that happens when you touch or eat something contaminated

How Direct

demonstration
172 2.7
explanation
1.0
statement
  • Formal
1.3
message
1.0
vehicle
48 5.1
suggestion
759 1.4
hint
229 1.5

Surface Forms

vehicle singular
vehicles plural

Etymology

Vehicle comes from the Latin vehiculum, from vehere 'to carry'. A song, film, or book is called a vehicle when it 'carries' ideas or feelings to other people.