Synonyms for engine
ˈɛn dʒənen·gine

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:1.0 / 2 votes

1. enginenoun

   Synonyms:
   motor

2. enginenoun

   To assault with an engine.

   To engine and batter our walls. T. Adams.

   Synonyms:
   motor

3. enginenoun

   The result of cunning; a plot, a scheme.

   Vessels are often built by one firm and engined by another.

   Synonyms:
   motor

4. enginenoun

   A device to convert energy into useful mechanical motion, especially heat energy

   Synonyms:
   motor

5. enginenoun

   A powered locomotive used for pulling cars on railways.

   Synonyms:
   motor

6. enginenoun

   A person or group of people which influence a larger group.

   Synonyms:
   motor

7. enginenoun

   the brain or heart.

   Synonyms:
   motor

8. enginenoun

   A software system, not a complete program, responsible for a technical task (as in layout engine, physics engine).

   Synonyms:
   motor

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:1.0 / 2 votes

1. enginenoun

   motor that converts thermal energy to mechanical work

   Synonyms:
   railway locomotive, locomotive, locomotive engine

2. enginenoun

   something used to achieve a purpose

   "an engine of change"

   Synonyms:
   railway locomotive, locomotive, locomotive engine

3. locomotive, engine, locomotive engine, railway locomotivenoun

   a wheeled vehicle consisting of a self-propelled engine that is used to draw trains along railway tracks

   Synonyms:
   railway locomotive, locomotive, locomotive engine

4. enginenoun

   an instrument or machine that is used in warfare, such as a battering ram, catapult, artillery piece, etc.

   "medieval engines of war"

   Synonyms:
   railway locomotive, locomotive, locomotive engine

Matched Categories

1. • Causal Agent
   • Instrument
   • Motor

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. enginenoun

   Synonyms:
   machine

2. enginenoun

   Synonyms:
   implement, instrument, weapon, agent, means

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. enginenoun

   Synonyms:
   locomotive, mogul, traction engine

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1. List of paraphrases for "engine":

   motor, engines, motors, driver, locomotive, moteur, machines, tractive, machinery, powerhouse

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1. Kaleem Shabazz:

   Atlantic City is a functional, contributing part of the economic engine of the state, so we have to work together.

2. Raymond Crane:

   A novel without romance is like a car without an engine - love is the fuel.

3. Jeev Trika:

   Google’s business model isn’t, at the end of the day, providing a free search engine or publishing data, it’s selling advertisements, the free search engine is merely a vehicle for doing so. Google has an economic reason to deny legitimate Web publishers who are promoting SEO placement in the SERPs so that they can sell more advertisements, but that type of anti-competitive action should not be protected by the First Amendment.

4. Michael Griffin:

   Rectifying an existing rocket with a new engine is a much lower cost than starting over from scratch.

5. Gerd Gotz:

   This will be the growth engine of the aluminum downstream industry.