engine - Similar and Opposite Words

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Here are the synonyms for engine , a list of similar words for engine from our thesaurus that you can use

Noun

motor that converts thermal energy to mechanical work

Synonyms

• engine

More generic

• motor

More specific

• aircraft engine
• automobile engine
• auxiliary engine
• donkey engine
• generator
• heat engine
• reaction engine
• reaction-propulsion engine

Related

• camshaft
• gear
• gearing
• geartrain
• power train
• train

Noun

an instrument or machine that is used in warfare, such as a battering ram, catapult, artillery piece, etc.

Synonyms

• engine

More generic

• instrument

More specific

• arbalest
• arbalist
• ballista
• battering ram
• bricole
• catapult
• mangonel
• onager
• trebuchet
• trebucket

Noun

a wheeled vehicle consisting of a self-propelled engine that is used to draw trains along railway tracks

Synonyms

• engine
• locomotive
• locomotive engine
• railway locomotive

More generic

• self-propelled vehicle

More specific

• choo-choo
• diesel locomotive
• dinkey
• dinky
• donkey engine
• electric locomotive
• iron horse
• pilot engine
• shunter
• steam locomotive
• switch engine
• tank engine
• tank locomotive
• traction engine

Related

• buffer
• cowcatcher
• fender
• footplate
• pilot

Related

• railroad train
• train

Noun

something used to achieve a purpose

Synonyms

• engine

More generic

• causal agency
• causal agent
• cause

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