Thesaurus results for CARS

cars

noun

plural of car

as in automobiles

a self-propelled passenger vehicle on four wheels every teenager's dream of getting a driver's license and a first car

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Recent Examples of cars Associated Press reporters saw thick black smoke rising from cars, bicycles, other vehicles and trash bins on fire. — Sylvie Corbet, Arkansas Online, 18 Oct. 2026 Tesla began taking $50,000 reservations—or $250,000 for one of 1,000 limited Founders Series cars—and targeted a 2020 launch. — Bilin Lin, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2026 For example, Yandex could send four different cars and drivers to the same order. — Zahra Ullah, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2026 Associated Press reporters saw thick black smoke rising from cars, bicycles and other vehicles, and trash bins on fire. — Sylvie Corbet, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2026 Related Stories Rice, however, was not destined to advise on matters of Uno and Matchbox cars. — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 17 Oct. 2026 The concept of flying cars has been around almost as long as motor vehicles themselves, with American aviation pioneer Glenn Curtiss debuting the first flying car prototype in 1917. — CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026 Director Christopher Nolan uses the premise to stage spectacular sequences where cars reverse down freeways at high speed, cause and effect goes topsy-turvy, and fights are just, well, weird. — Richard Edwards, Space.com, 10 Oct. 2026 In the space of 12 months, McLaren, Ferrari, and Porsche unveiled three milestone models that have become poster cars for hybridization. — Robb Report, 9 Oct. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for cars

Noun

Ultimately, the goal is to build a battery that is lighter, less complex, and more compact, with higher charging capacity and performance, not just in labs but in automobiles on the road.

— Muskan Bhatia, Interesting Engineering, 14 Oct. 2026
Motor racing career Dempsey developed an interest in automobiles beginning in childhood and entered competitive racing in the mid-2000s.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of automobiles

Noun

New ramps will be built along with dedicated areas where buses can wait between trips, instead of contributing to congestion on nearby streets.

— Elijah Westbrook, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026
Russia has increasingly hit civilian targets, but the Thursday strike, which ripped through two buses, was reminiscent of larger strikes earlier in the war.

— Francesca Ebel, Washington Post, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of buses

Noun

In an age of intelligent machines, these may be our most essential skills.

— Halla Tómasdóttir, Time, 16 Oct. 2026
While Nvidia’s new laptops might look like regular Windows machines, the chips inside are Arm-based, instead of the traditional x64 architecture used by AMD and Intel.

— Tom Warren, The Verge, 15 Oct. 2026