Synonyms for transportation
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Transport
transport, conveyance, carriage, transfer, carrying, transferral
2. Deportation
Other
transit, shipping, haulage, shipment, fare, translation, convictism rare
Definitions
- n. 1
The act of transporting, or the state of being transported; conveyance, often of people, goods etc.
We have to get people out of their cars and encourage them to use alternative forms of transportation.
- n. 2
Deportation to a penal colony.
Mulligan's sentence was commuted from death to transportation.
Related words
Forms
- Plural
- transportations → transports, conveyances, carriages, transfers…
Example sentences
- transfer I haven't got any money on me, but I can transfer.
- transport By what means of transport are you going home now?
- carriage The royal carriage was drawn by four white horses.
- shipping The Strait of Gibraltar is a busy shipping route.
- transit The rapid transit system is modern and efficient.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| transportation | falling | |
| transfer | falling | |
| transport | falling | |
| carriage | steady | |
| conveyance | falling | |
| shipping | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- fare1
- 5 letters
- exile2
- 7 letters
- transit2, haulage2
- 8 letters
- transfer2, carrying3, shipping2, carriage2, shipment2
- 9 letters
- transport2
- 10 letters
- conveyance3, convictism
- 11 letters
- translation3, deportation4, transferral
- 12 letters
- expatriation5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (exile2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- transport
- Italiano
- trasporto
- Español
- transporte
- Català
- transport