Synonyms of the word van


VANAVANT-GARDE - CAMPER - CARAVAN - MOTORTRUCK - TRUCK - VANGUARD

van

  • n. A (covered) vehicle used for carrying goods or people, usually roughly cuboid in shape, longer and higher…
  • n. (Britain) An enclosed railway vehicle for transport of goods.
  • n. (Britain, dated) A light wagon, either covered or open, used by tradesmen and others for the transportation…
  • n. Shortened form of caravan.
  • v. (transitive) To transport in a van or similar vehicle (especially of horses).
  • n. Shortened form of vanguard.
  • n. (mining) A shovel used in cleansing ore.
  • v. (mining) To wash or cleanse, as a small portion of ore, on a shovel.
  • n. A fan or other contrivance, such as a sieve, for winnowing grain.
  • n. A wing with which the air is beaten.

avant-garde

  • n. (obsolete) The vanguard of an army or other force.
  • n. Any group of people who invent or promote new techniques or concepts, especially in the arts.
  • adj. Innovative, pioneering, especially when extremely or obviously so.

camper

  • n. A person who camps, especially in a tent etc.
  • n. A motor vehicle with a rear compartment for living and sleeping in.
  • n. (video games) A person who stays in one spot during a first-person shooting game, to guard an item etc.
  • adj. comparative form of camp: more camp.

caravan

  • n. A convoy or procession of travelers, their vehicles and cargo, and any pack animals, especially camels…
  • n. (Britain, Australia, New Zealand) A furnished vehicle towed behind a car, etc., and used as a dwelling…
  • v. To travel in a caravan (procession).
  • v. (Britain, Australia) To travel and/or live in a caravan (vehicle).

motortruck

  • n. (dated) A truck (motor vehicle).

truck

  • n. A small wheel or roller, specifically the wheel of a gun-carriage.
  • n. The ball on top of a flagpole.
  • n. (nautical) On a wooden mast, a circular disc (or sometimes a rectangle) of wood near or at the top of…
  • n. (countable, uncountable, US, Australia) A semi-tractor ("semi") trailer; (Britain) a lorry.
  • n. Any motor vehicle designed for carrying cargo, including delivery vans, pickups, and other motorized vehicles…
  • n. A garden cart, a two-wheeled wheelbarrow.
  • n. A small wagon or cart, of various designs, pushed or pulled by hand or (obsolete) pulled by an animal,…
  • n. A pantechnicon (removal van).
  • n. (Britain, rail transport) A flatbed railway car.
  • n. A pivoting frame, one attached to the bottom of the bed of a railway car at each end, that rests on the…
  • n. The part of a skateboard or roller skate that joins the wheels to the deck, consisting of a hanger, baseplate,…
  • n. (theater) A platform with wheels or casters.
  • n. Dirt or other messiness.
  • v. (intransitive) To drive a truck.
  • v. (transitive) To convey by truck.
  • v. (intransitive, US, slang, 1960s) To travel or live contentedly.
  • v. (intransitive, US, slang, 1960s) To persist, to endure.
  • v. (intransitive, film production) To move a camera parallel to the movement of the subject.
  • v. (transitive, slang) To fight or otherwise physically engage with.
  • v. (transitive, slang) To run over or through a tackler in American football.
  • v. (intransitive, now chiefly dialectal) To fail; run out; run short; be unavailable; diminish; abate.
  • v. (intransitive, now chiefly dialectal) To give in; give way; knuckle under; truckle.
  • v. (intransitive, now chiefly dialectal) To deceive; cheat; defraud.
  • v. (transitive, Britain dialectal, Scotland) To tread (down); stamp on; trample (down).
  • v. (transitive) To trade, exchange; barter.
  • v. (intransitive) To engage in commerce; to barter or deal.
  • v. (intransitive) To have dealings or social relationships with; to engage with.
  • n. (obsolete, often used in plural sense) Small, humble items; things, often for sale or barter.
  • n. (historical) The practice of paying workers in kind, or with tokens only exchangeable at a shop owned…
  • n. (US) Garden produce, groceries (see truck garden).
  • n. (usually with negative) Social intercourse; dealings, relationships.
  • adj. Pertaining to a garden patch or truck garden.

vanguard

  • n. The leading units at the front of an army or fleet.
  • n. (by extension) The person(s) at the forefront of any group or movement.

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