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Synonyms for streetcar

Most common

trolley trolley car tramcar

All synonyms

Noun

1. Tram — A tram or light rail vehicle, usually a single car but sometimes multiple cars attached together, operating…

tram UK AU, trolley, trolley car, tramcar

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    A tram or light rail vehicle, usually a single car but sometimes multiple cars attached together, operating on city streets; a trolley car.

Forms

Plural
streetcars → trams, trolleys, tramcars…

Example sentences

  • trolley Tom queued behind an old biddy with a full trolley.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
streetcarsteady
trolleysteady
tramcarfalling

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters
tram1
7 letters
trolley2, tramcar

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (trolley2 = 2 syllables).