WHEELS Synonyms: 126 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

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plural of wheel

as in car

slang a self-propelled passenger vehicle on four wheels now that I've got wheels, I can go to the outlet mall

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verb

present tense third-person singular of wheel

as in swings

to change the course or direction of (something) wheeled the bike around sharply to see what had fallen off

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as in rotates

to move (something) in a curved or circular path on or as if on an axis wheeled the bicycle's tires around to see if they were balanced

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as in revolves

to move in circles around an axis or center she wheeled around and around until finally she got dizzy and fell down

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as in curves

to turn away from a straight line or course the highway wheels to the west as it forms an arc that bypasses the city

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straightens

as in turns

to change one's course or direction upon hearing the construction workers' suggestive remarks, she wheeled around to glare at them

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Recent Examples of wheels

Noun

Clean lines, an intriguing silhouette, and bold wheels give it real presence (right down to taillights that nod to the Nissan Z). —

Cyril Soliman, The Drive, 5 Feb. 2026 Yet after gesturing toward a promising thriller setup, the film soon begins to spin its wheels — doing little to complicate or tighten the melodrama, while only superficially probing its two principal characters as their romance is inevitably reignited. —

Guy Lodge, Variety, 5 Feb. 2026 Riding on 23-inch Aero Bicolor Individual wheels, our tester also included the executive package, which featured soft-close doors and glass controls. —

Marc D. Grasso, Boston Herald, 5 Feb. 2026 On a recent Wednesday morning, her students were learning about wheels and transportation. —

Molly Fischer, New Yorker, 5 Feb. 2026 Everything aside from the grille, lights, and windows is coated in the outlandish hue, including the vehicle’s 24-inch Brabus monoblock wheels. —

Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 4 Feb. 2026 Once the snow melts off the wheels from the heat of the day the car should behave normally again. —

Michael V. Pettigano, USA Today, 4 Feb. 2026 The company spent a lot of time getting the placement of the rear wheels right to allow it, Scaringe said. —

Robert Ferris, CNBC, 4 Feb. 2026 Thanks to Shifflet’s connection with longtime college football assistant coach Sean Cronin, now the defensive coordinator at Central Michigan, the wheels started turning. —

Chris Hays, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 Feb. 2026

Verb

The robot wheels forward on flat ground, raises its legs in a motion similar to a dog climbing stairs, and then resumes rolling where the terrain allows. —

Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 5 Jan. 2026 Stripped to her underwear and tied to a chair, Evelyn begs for her life as Gein wheels out a corpse, wraps its long-dead fingers around the handle of a hammer, and brings both inanimate objects down on Evelyn’s head. —

Ben Travers, IndieWire, 4 Oct. 2025 Not only are flights plentiful, affordable, and brief—the journey, wheels up to wheels down, is just shy of two hours—the Windy City has long been home to one of the country’s most vibrant and diverse restaurant scenes. —

Katie Chang, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025 In a video posted to Instagram, the 47-year-old HGTV host wheels two carry-ons through an airport terminal. —

Colson Thayer, People.com, 14 Aug. 2025

Recent Examples of Synonyms for wheels

Noun

Unfortunately, a lot of the homes near Guthrie's residence are far from the street and are obscured by shrubbery, Siminoff said, so collecting video data of cars on the road might be hard in this case.

— Liz Kreutz, NBC news, 13 Feb. 2026
To see a Cisitalia 202 in the metal is to appreciate how diminutive and jewellike the car really is.

— Robert Ross, Robb Report, 13 Feb. 2026