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Express

/ɛk.ˈspɹɛs/

A mode of transportation, often a train, that travels quickly or directly.

📖 Definitions of "Express"

noun

1
A mode of transportation, often a train, that travels quickly or directly.
"I took the express into town."
2
A service that allows mail or money to be sent rapidly from one destination to another.
3
An express rifle.
4
A clear image or representation; an expression; a plain declaration.

adjective

1
Moving or operating quickly, as a train not making local stops.
2
Specific or precise; directly and distinctly stated; not merely implied.
"I gave him express instructions not to begin until I arrived, but he ignored me."
3
Truly depicted; exactly resembling.
"In my eyes it bore a livelier image of the spirit, it seemed more express and single, than the imperfect and divided countenance."
4
(retail) Providing a more limited but presumably faster service than a full or complete dealer of the same kind or type.
"Some Wal-Mart stores will include a McDonald's Express."

15 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
conveyverb	To communicate; to make known; to portray.
statenoun	A condition; a set of circumstances applying at any given time.
showverb	(transitive) To display, to have somebody see (something).
evinceverb	(transitive) To show or demonstrate clearly; to manifest.
carryverb	(transitive) To lift (something) and take it to another place; to transport (something) by lifting.
extractverb	Something that is extracted or drawn out.
explicitnoun	Very specific, clear, or detailed.
expressed	(genetics) transcribed
press outverb	Obtain from a substance, as by mechanical action.
expressagenoun	(archaic, chiefly US) The fee for express delivery.
express mail	an expedited mail delivery service for which the customer pays a premium for faster delivery.
express trainnoun	(rail transport) A train (either the service or the train itself) making limited stops.
give tongue toverb	articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise
express bus	—
utterverb	To the furthest or most extreme extent; absolute, complete, total, unconditional.

Words with the opposite meaning.

Word	Definition
localnoun	From or in a nearby location.

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
express trainnoun	(rail transport) A train (either the service or the train itself) making limited stops.
expressagenoun	(archaic, chiefly US) The fee for express delivery.
carryverb	(transitive) To lift (something) and take it to another place; to transport (something) by lifting.
conveyverb	To communicate; to make known; to portray.
statenoun	A condition; a set of circumstances applying at any given time.
extractverb	Something that is extracted or drawn out.
press outverb	Obtain from a substance, as by mechanical action.
showverb	(transitive) To display, to have somebody see (something).
evinceverb	(transitive) To show or demonstrate clearly; to manifest.
utterverb	To the furthest or most extreme extent; absolute, complete, total, unconditional.
explicitnoun	Very specific, clear, or detailed.
express bus	—
express mail	an expedited mail delivery service for which the customer pays a premium for faster delivery.
give tongue toverb	articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise
expresswaynoun	(Canada, parts of the US, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea, Philippines) Synonym of freeway.
highwaynoun	A main public road, especially a multi-lane, high-speed thoroughfare.
flyernoun	That which flies, as a bird or insect.
revealverb	(transitive) To uncover; to show and display that which was hidden.
floornoun	(countable) The interior bottom or surface of a house or building; the supporting surface of a room.
lodgenoun	A building for recreational use such as a hunting lodge or a summer cabin.