TRAINS Synonyms: 179 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

plural of train

as in entourages

a body of employees or servants who accompany and wait on a person a movie star who never goes anywhere without a train of personal assistants to cater to his every whim and need

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as in fleets

a group of vehicles traveling together or under one management a train of supply trucks making its way to the army encampment

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as in queues

a series of persons or things arranged one behind another already a long train of ticket buyers waiting outside the stadium

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as in sequences

a series of things linked together you've broken my train of thought—now what were we talking about?

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verb

present tense third-person singular of train

as in prepares

to bring to a proper or desired state of fitness has been training track-and-field athletes at the school for years

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deconditions

as in teaches

to cause to acquire knowledge or skill in some field will train the students in good study habits

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as in focuses

to fix (as one's attention) steadily toward a central objective train all your thoughts on imagining how you'd score the winning goal in the game

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as in aims

to point or turn (something) toward a target or goal trained his eyes on the distant bull's-eye

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as in equips

to make competent (as by training, skill, or ability) for a particular office or function he's so experienced that they usually use him to train new recruits

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Recent Examples of trains

Noun

From April 14-16, a bus bridge will run from Roseville Road to Swanston, with trains not stopping at Marconi/Arcade. —

Cecilio Padilla, CBS News, 2 Apr. 2026 Buses, trains and automobiles His various modes of transportation along the way have ranged from buses, trains, vans, hitchhiking, horses, motorbikes, slow boats, sea barges, bicycles and even a poultry truck. —

Salma Arafa, CNN Money, 1 Apr. 2026 Keep in mind that due to construction, riders may encounter some delays and sometimes having to switch trains. —

Miami Herald, 1 Apr. 2026 With trains now running on the new Monon Corridor route, the Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District is still working on major projects. —

Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 1 Apr. 2026 Over the next month, five Blue Line platforms will be raised to accommodate RT’s new low-floor light rail trains. —

Madison Smalstig, Sacbee.com, 31 Mar. 2026 The hospitality heavyweight, which has branched out beyond luxury trains and into yachts and hotels, just opened a second property in Italy. —

Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 31 Mar. 2026

Verb

The Metra Track 4 project alleviates a bottleneck for the South Shore, reducing the need to wait for Metra trains to clear the tracks for South Shore Line trains to go through. —

Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 1 Apr. 2026 Matthew Kennedy, a marketing student at Drexel University, trains on the same stretch of water that has been home to the sport for nearly two centuries. —

Madeleine Wright, CBS News, 1 Apr. 2026 Sandhagen, a Smoky Hill graduate who trains at High Altitude Martial Arts in Denver, also lost to Umar Nurmagomedov in 2024. —

Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 31 Mar. 2026 However, formal mindfulness meditation involves sustained practice that systematically trains attention and acceptance. —

J. David Creswell, The Conversation, 31 Mar. 2026 Keuilian more recently founded the Squire Program, which now trains teen-aged boys in six states. —

Charles Bethea, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2026 Kamai trains in celestial navigation, using the stars, winds and waves to traverse the ocean without modern instruments. —

Deepa Bharath, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2026 Kamai trains in celestial navigation, using the stars, winds and waves to traverse the ocean without modern instruments. —

ABC News, 29 Mar. 2026 This is exactly the sort of perpetually shifting engagement that the Trimmer mentality trains you for. —

David Brooks, The Atlantic, 25 Mar. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for trains

Noun

Sure, there were others — boyfriends came and went, entourages, too.

— Merle Ginsberg, HollywoodReporter, 20 Jan. 2026
At a prematch press conference to preview Sunday’s away trip to Real Sociedad, furious Flick sent a warning to La Masia youngsters and their entourages.

— Tom Sanderson, Forbes.com, 17 Jan. 2026