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 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, 29 Aug. 2026 There were fast cars, spectacular crashes, arguments, romance and enough engine noise to make your living room windows nervous. — Greg Engle, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026 The plant has operated since 1947 producing cars and fighter jets and employs about 2,000 people. — Cuyler Dunn, Kansas City Star, 29 Aug. 2026 The race to build smarter cars may increasingly be decided not just by who builds the best vehicle, but by who builds the best computer inside it. — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 29 Aug. 2026 Chinese cars are effectively banned in the United States through steep tariffs and regulatory restrictions, but that doesn’t apply to everything China touches in the auto industry. — Zachary Hansen, AJC.com, 28 Aug. 2026 One recent morning, four county cars pulled out of that motel on Sierra Highway. — Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026 Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, which patrols PCH in Malibu, has also begun posting photos of the cars the department impounded for excessive speeding. — Kara Finnstrom, CBS News, 28 Aug. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for cars

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

Definition of automobiles

Noun

Videos show crowds trying to flee a surging wall of mud, rows of buses and trucks swept aside like toys, and bridges cracked apart and swept away.

— Josh Feldman, NBC news, 27 Aug. 2026
Transportation officials say $2 billion in federal funding is needed to deploy 1,700 extra buses and to create high-speed traffic lanes during the 2028 Summer Games.

— James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of buses

Noun

Electricity travels from the rotating wheels through a custom conductive hub to a solar controller built into the frame.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 1 Sep. 2026
Early bird prices for the device, which resembles a GoPro on wheels, start at $549, with shipping scheduled to begin in October.

— Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of wheels

Noun

The quirky robot is a notable departure from the more unsettling machines that typically make headlines today.

— Mack DeGeurin, Popular Science, 27 Aug. 2026
The pace of improvement in AI models has led many observers to predict that human intelligence may soon be overtaken by the cognitive capacity of machines.

— George C. Lee II, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2026