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Van

🔄 Synonyms of "Van"

3 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
vanguardnoun	(by extension) The person(s) at the forefront of any group or movement.
caravannoun	(Australia, British, New Zealand, South Africa) A furnished vehicle towed behind a car, etc., and used as a dwelling when stationary.
avant garde	—

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Van"

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Word	Definition
caravannoun	(Australia, British, New Zealand, South Africa) A furnished vehicle towed behind a car, etc., and used as a dwelling when stationary.
vanguardnoun	(by extension) The person(s) at the forefront of any group or movement.
avant gardenoun	—
lorrynoun	(British, Ireland, South Asia, Africa) A large and heavy motor vehicle designed to carry goods or soldiers; a truck
minivannoun	A small van, especially (Canada, US, Australia, New Zealand, Philippines) one primarily used for family transport.
truckloadnoun	The contents of a full truck or lorry.
minibusnoun	A small bus, especially one used as transport for small groups.
trucknoun	(countable, uncountable, US, Canada, Australia) A heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods or to pull a semi-trailer designed to carry goods; (in Malaysia/Singapore) a such vehicle with a closed or covered carriage.
busnoun	(automotive) A motor vehicle for transporting large numbers of people along roads.
carnoun	A wheeled vehicle that moves independently, with at least three wheels, powered mechanically, steered by a driver and mostly for personal transportation but relatively smaller than a truck/lorry and a bus.
wagonnoun	A heavier four-wheeled (normally horse-drawn) vehicle designed to carry goods (or sometimes people).
vehiclenoun	A conveyance: a spacious device for carrying or transporting substances, objects, people or animals.
ambulancenoun	An emergency vehicle designed for transporting seriously ill or injured people to a hospital.
rignoun	(nautical) The rigging of a sailing ship or other such craft.
campernoun	A person who camps, especially in a tent etc.
fannoun	A hand-held device consisting of concertinaed material, or slats of material, gathered together at one end, that may be opened out into the shape of a sector of a circle and waved back and forth in order to move air towards oneself and cool oneself.
fibulanoun	(anatomy) The smaller of the two bones in the lower leg.
trailernoun	An unpowered wheeled vehicle (not a caravan or camper) that is towed behind another, and used to carry equipment, etc., that cannot be carried in the leading vehicle.
geestnoun	A type of slightly raised landscape, with sandy and gravelly soils, that occurs in the plains of Northern Germany, the Northern Netherlands and Denmark.
pick-upnoun	Alternative form of pickup. [An electronic device for detecting sound, vibration, etc., such as one fitted to an electric guitar or record player.]