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Streetcar

🔄 Synonyms of "Streetcar"

4 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
tramnoun	(Australia, British, rail transport) A passenger vehicle for public use that runs on tracks in the road (called a streetcar or trolley in North America).
trolleynoun	(US) A streetcar or light train.
trolley carnoun	An electric streetcar or tram with a trolley pole for collecting electric current.
tramcarnoun	A streetcar.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Streetcar"

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Word	Definition
tramnoun	(Australia, British, rail transport) A passenger vehicle for public use that runs on tracks in the road (called a streetcar or trolley in North America).
trolley carnoun	An electric streetcar or tram with a trolley pole for collecting electric current.
tramcarnoun	A streetcar.
trolleynoun	(US) A streetcar or light train.
tramwaynoun	(chiefly UK, Ireland) The track on which a tram (streetcar) runs.
tramrailnoun	A street railway laid in the streets of a town or city, or an interurban railway for local traffic, on which cable cars, or trolley cars, etc., are used, in distinction from an extended railway line for trains.
street railwaynoun	A tram line; public transportation operating on rails laid in public streets.
railcarnoun	(rail transport) A self-propelled railway vehicle for passengers, similar to a bus.
well carnoun	(rail transport, US) an open low-sided freight car with a lowered body.
tram railnoun	Alternative form of tramrail. [An overhead rail forming a track on which a trolley runs to convey a load, as in a shop.]
trap carnoun	(law enforcement) A vehicle used by law enforcement agencies as bait to capture car thieves or thieves who steal items from cars.
tram tracknoun	The track on which a tram runs; the tramway.
trainnoun	Elongated or trailing portion.
boxcarnoun	(rail transport, US) An enclosed railway goods wagon, typically with a sliding door.
town carnoun	(automotive, informal) A hired non-stretch limousine, traditionally but not necessarily a standard-wheelbase Lincoln Town Car or Cadillac sedan.
car barnnoun	A garage for streetcars, buses or railway cars.
car bodynoun	Synonym of auto body.
rail-carriagenoun	A railroad car
subway-surfacenoun	(rail transport, US) Streetcar lines whose sections in the city center operate in tunnels like subway lines; typically built to speed up streetcar service by bypassing congested streets, as provision for future conversion to rapid transit, or both.
railway carriagenoun	(UK, rail transport) A railroad car (for passengers)