Synonyms of the word carriage


CARRIAGEBEARING - CAR - COACH - EQUIPAGE - GO-CART - MECHANISM - PERAMBULATOR - POSTURE - PRAM - PUSHCHAIR - PUSHER - RAILCAR - RIG - STROLLER

carriage

  • n. The act of conveying; carrying.
  • n. Means of conveyance.
  • n. A wheeled vehicle, generally drawn by horse power.
  • n. (Britain) A rail car, especially one designed for the conveyance of passengers.
  • n. (now rare) A manner of walking and moving in general; how one carries oneself, bearing, gait.
  • n. (archaic) One's behaviour, or way of conducting oneself towards others.
  • n. The part of a typewriter supporting the paper.
  • n. (US, New England) A shopping cart.
  • n. (Britain) A stroller; a baby carriage.
  • n. The charge made for conveying (especially in the phrases carriage forward, when the charge is to be paid…
  • n. (archaic) That which is carried, baggage.

bearing

  • adj. That which bears (whatever this combining form combines with).
  • adj. Of a beam, column, or other device, carrying weight or load.
  • n. A mechanical device that supports another part and/or reduces friction.
  • n. (navigation, nautical) The horizontal angle between the direction of an object and another object, or…
  • n. Relevance; a relationship or connection.
  • n. One's posture, demeanor, or manner.
  • n. (in the plural) Direction or relative position.
  • n. (architecture) That part of any member of a building which rests upon its supports.
  • n. (architecture) The portion of a support on which anything rests.
  • n. (architecture, proscribed) The unsupported span.
  • n. (heraldry) Any single emblem or charge in an escutcheon or coat of arms.
  • v. present participle of bear.

car

  • n. (obsolete) A turn.
  • n. A wheeled vehicle that moves independently, with at least three wheels, powered mechanically, steered…
  • n. (dated) A wheeled vehicle, drawn by a horse or other animal; a chariot.
  • n. (rail transport, chiefly Canada, US) An unpowered unit in a railroad train.
  • n. (rail transport) an individual vehicle, powered or unpowered, in a multiple unit.
  • n. (rail transport) A passenger-carrying unit in a subway or elevated train, whether powered or not.
  • n. A rough unit of quantity approximating the amount which would fill a railroad car.
  • n. The moving, load-carrying component of an elevator or other cable-drawn transport mechanism.
  • n. The passenger-carrying portion of certain amusement park rides, such as Ferris wheels.
  • n. The part of an airship, such as a balloon or dirigible, which houses the passengers and control apparatus.
  • n. (sailing) A sliding fitting that runs along a track.
  • n. (uncountable, US) The aggregate of desirable characteristics of a car.
  • n. (US) A floating perforated box for living fish.
  • n. (computing) The first part of a cons in LISP. The first element of a list.

coach

  • n. A wheeled vehicle, generally drawn by horse power.
  • n. (rail transport, Britain, Australia) A passenger car, either drawn by a locomotive or part of a multiple…
  • n. (originally Oxford University slang) A trainer or instructor.
  • n. (Britain, Australia) A single decked long-distance, or privately hired, bus.
  • n. (nautical) The forward part of the cabin space under the poop deck of a sailing ship; the fore-cabin under…
  • n. (chiefly US) That part of a commercial passenger airplane reserved for those paying the lower standard…
  • v. (sports) To train.
  • v. (transitive) To instruct; to train.
  • v. (intransitive) To travel in a coach (sometimes coach it).
  • v. (transitive) To convey in a coach.

equipage

  • n. (uncountable) Equipment or supplies, especially military ones.
  • n. (obsolete) Military dress; uniform, armour etc.
  • n. A type of horse-drawn carriage.

go-cart

  • n. A small, open-wheeled vehicle for racing.
  • n. (dated) A framework moving on casters, designed to support children as they learn to walk.

mechanism

  • n. (within a machine or machinery) any mechanical means for the conversion or control of motion, or the transmission…
  • n. Any combination of cams, gears, links, belts, chains and logical mechanical elements.
  • n. A group of objects or parts that interact together. (as in Political machine).
  • n. A mental, physical, or chemical process.
  • n. (philosophy) The theory that all natural phenomena can be explained by physical causes.

perambulator

  • n. (Britain) A baby carriage; a pram.
  • n. One who perambulates.
  • n. A surveyor's instrument for measuring distances, consisting of a wheel that rolls over the ground, along…

posture

  • n. The way a person holds and positions their body.
  • n. A situation or condition.
  • n. One's attitude or the social or political position one takes towards an issue or another person.
  • n. (rare) The position of someone or something relative to another; position; situation.
  • v. (intransitive) to put one's body into a posture or series of postures, especially hoping that one will…
  • v. (intransitive) to pretend to have an opinion or a conviction.
  • v. (transitive) To place in a particular position or attitude; to pose.

pram

  • n. (Britain, Australia, New Zealand) A small vehicle, usually covered, in which a newborn baby is pushed…
  • n. (nautical, historical) A flat-bottomed barge used on shallow shores to convey cargo to and from ships…
  • n. (nautical, historical) A similar barge used as platform for cannons in shallow waters which seagoing warships…
  • n. A type of dinghy with a flat bow.

pushchair

  • n. (Britain) A small carriage in which a baby or child is pushed around; a stroller or baby buggy.

pusher

  • n. Someone or something that pushes.
  • n. (military slang) A girl or woman.
  • n. (colloquial) An illegal drug dealer.
  • n. (aeronautics) An aircraft with the propeller behind the fuselage.

railcar

  • n. A self-propelled railroad vehicle for passengers.
  • n. Any railway carriage or wagon, a railroad car.

rig

  • n. (nautical) The rigging of a sailing ship or other such craft.
  • n. Special equipment or gear used for a particular purpose.
  • n. (US) A large truck such as a semi-tractor.
  • n. The special apparatus used for drilling wells.
  • n. (informal) A costume or an outfit.
  • n. (slang, computing) A computer case, often modified for looks.
  • n. An imperfectly castrated horse, sheep etc.
  • n. (slang) Radio equipment, especially a citizen's band transceiver.
  • v. (transitive) To fit out with a harness or other equipment.
  • v. (transitive, nautical) To equip and fit (a ship) with sails, shrouds, and yards.
  • v. (transitive, informal) To dress or clothe in some costume.
  • v. (transitive) To make or construct something in haste or in a makeshift manner.
  • v. (transitive) To manipulate something dishonestly for personal gain or discriminatory purposes.
  • v. (intransitive, obsolete) To play the wanton; to act in an unbecoming manner; to play tricks.
  • v. (transitive, obsolete) To make free with; hence, to steal; to pilfer.
  • n. (Britain, Scotland, dialect) A ridge.
  • n. (obsolete) A wanton; one given to unbecoming conduct.
  • n. (obsolete) A sportive or unbecoming trick; a frolic.
  • n. (obsolete) A blast of wind.

stroller

  • n. A seat or chair on wheels, pushed by somebody walking behind it, typically used for transporting babies…
  • n. One who strolls.
  • n. A vagrant.
  • n. Men's semiformal daytime dress comprising a grey or black single- or double-breasted coat, grey striped…

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