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Synonyms for wheel

Most common

cog cog wheel rack rim steering wheel roulette wheel castor UK pulley

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

1. Cartwheel — A crown coin

cartwheel, tosheroon slang dated UK

3. Big cheese

big shot, big wheel, big cheese dated

Verb

1. Bicycle

cycle, bike, pedal, bicycle slang

Other

tire US, tyre UK

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    A crown coin.

  2. n. 2

    A circular device capable of rotating on its axis, facilitating movement or transportation or performing labour in machines.

  3. v. 1

    To roll along on wheels.

    Wheel that trolley over here, would you?

  4. v. 2

    To transport something or someone using any wheeled mechanism, such as a wheelchair.

    The patient was wheeled out of the ER.

Forms

Plural
wheels → cartwheels, tosheroons, cogs, gears…
Past participle
wheeled
e.g. wheeled → cycled, biked, pedaled, bicycled…

Example sentences

  • cog Workers like to feel like they are more than a cog in a machine.
  • rack This is exactly where I want the towel rack to be.
  • rim I enjoy sipping on a margarita with salt around the rim.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
wheelsteady
cogsteady
rackrising
rimsteady

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

By length

3 letters
rim1, orb1, cog1
4 letters
turn1, roll1, gear1, bike1, spin1, tire2, rack1, helm1, tyre1
5 letters
cycle2, pedal2, whirl1, twirl1
6 letters
rotate2, castor2, caster2, pulley2, gyrate2
7 letters
bicycle3, revolve2, deflect2
9 letters
cartwheel2, tosheroon
10 letters
revolution4

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (tire2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
roue
Italiano
ruota
Español
rueda
Deutsch
Rad
Català
roda