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noun

plural of automobile
as in cars
a self-propelled passenger vehicle on four wheels browsed online for used automobiles for sale

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verb

present tense third-person singular of automobile
as in drives
to travel by a motorized vehicle would rather automobile across the country than fly over it at 35,000 feet

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Recent Examples of automobiles
Noun
The entrance of the famed Inn at Spanish Bay, in Northern California’s Pebble Beach, had been festooned with some of the world’s most exotic automobiles—swooned over by camera-toting adorers—just a few days prior during Monterey Car Week. — Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 27 Aug. 2026 Trump has threatened to also double tariffs on automobiles and auto parts from Canada from 25% to 50%. — Joey Garrison, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2026 Everything is getting more expensive, and that includes automobiles. — Beth Livesay, AJC.com, 21 Aug. 2026 His early-season performances helped secure some dubs for those managers who saw the available opportunity in Tampa and who know that Ohio State mints exceptional wide receivers as Mercedes churns out exceptional automobiles. — Sports Betting, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026 The widespread rollout of automobiles around the turn of the 20th century made that option more readily available. — Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 19 Aug. 2026 Architecture, automobiles, and commercial environments make claims on people who have no part in choosing them. — Debbie Millman, Time, 18 Aug. 2026 When automobiles first came about, the island’s carriage drivers successfully resisted them. — Hannah Agran, Midwest Living, 12 Aug. 2026 However, his adaptation of this industrial technique to the manufacture of automobiles was world-changing. — Ted Leonsis, Fortune, 8 Aug. 2026
Verb
These go-tos make trains, planes, and automobiles far less stressful. — Luke Pyenson, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for automobiles
  1. cars
  2. drives
  3. buses
  4. tools
  5. machines
Noun
  • As more cars wrecked behind the incident, NASCAR was forced to throw the caution flag — freezing the field with Preece in front.
    — Jeff Gluck, New York Times, 30 Aug. 2026
  • So far, the brand has sold 29,613 units in its home country, with most of its cars sold under the Formula Leopard, Denza, and BYD emblems.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of cars
Verb
  • Desalination is becoming increasingly popular, especially as the climate crisis drives more severe heat and drought, undermining water security.
    — Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Rattled by the mystery of the bull, Bum-seok (Hwang Jung-min), the bumbling, trigger-happy police chief of Hope Harbor, drives back into town and is confronted with a disaster zone.
    — Justin Chang, New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of drives
Noun
  • People have also been known to get bites at movie theaters, while traveling via buses, trains, planes, rideshares and other less common ways.
    — Kathleen Felton, Washington Post, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Further, the Blue Cash Preferred® Card from American Express earns 3% cash back* on transit, including rideshares, taxis, parking, tolls, buses or trains.
    — Dan Avery,Lily Wolfson, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of buses
Verb
  • Even most CEOs don’t have a full picture of which AI tools their teams are using.
    — Phil Portman, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
  • Liccardo asked Atkins whether the SEC has opened an investigation into the trades, and what tools the SEC has to investigate them.
    — Garrett Downs, CNBC, 17 Apr. 2026
Definition of tools
Noun
  • Muscles aren’t just machines that move our bones from place to place.
    — Mike McRae September 02, New Atlas, 3 Sep. 2026
  • By the end of 2010, the TSA had deployed around 500 machines designed to detect non-metallic weapons and explosives, the TSA's website said.
    — Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of machines

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“Automobiles.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/automobiles. Accessed 5 Sep. 2026.

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