Synonyms for van
væn, vɑnvan

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1. avant-garde, vanguard, van, new wavenoun

   any creative group active in the innovation and application of new concepts and techniques in a given field (especially in the arts)

   Synonyms:
   forefront, avant-garde, cutting edge, new wave, vanguard, caravan

2. vanguard, vannoun

   the leading units moving at the head of an army

   Synonyms:
   forefront, avant-garde, cutting edge, new wave, vanguard, caravan

3. vannoun

   (Great Britain) a closed railroad car that carries baggage or freight

   Synonyms:
   avant-garde, new wave, vanguard, caravan

4. van, caravannoun

   a camper equipped with living quarters

   Synonyms:
   avant-garde, wagon train, new wave, vanguard, train, caravan

5. vannoun

   a truck with an enclosed cargo space

   Synonyms:
   avant-garde, new wave, vanguard, caravan

Matched Categories

1. • Army Unit
   • Artistic Movement
   • Camper
   • Car
   • Truck

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. vannoun

   Synonyms:
   front (of an army or a fleet), fore-rank

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1. List of paraphrases for "van":

   truck, rva, from, minivan, fan, pickup, npv

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1. List of known nicknames for "Van":

   Van Fan, Fan Yi Chen, Fan, Van, 范逸臣

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1. Rosa de Winter-Levy:

   ‘I saw Anne Frank and Peter van Pels in Westerbork. They were always together. (…) In Westerbork Anne was lovely, so radiant that her beauty flowed over into Peter. (…) Perhaps it’s not the right expression to say that her eyes were radiant. But they had a glow, if you know what I mean. And her movements, her looks, had such a lilt to them that I often asked myself: Can she possibly be happy? She was happy in Westerbork, though that seems almost incredible.’

2. Brian Everswick:

   I think it's fantastic he's representing Van Drew, i believe there are more Trump supporters than they say, even in New Jersey.

3. Tom Ryan:

   David Bogdanov and Nikki went to a residence in the county and at that time( Nikki) confirmed to David Bogdanov that she was biologically male. David Bogdanov gave a statement saying that made David Bogdanov really, really uncomfortable and disturbed David Bogdanov, and David Bogdanov asked Nikki to get out of David Bogdanov van and she walked away.

4. Paul Butler:

   He worked hard at improving the only technique at that time that had a prayer of finding planets, and spent decades collecting the data, van de Kamp is a true pioneer in extrasolar planets.

5. Noel Monk:

   Eddie was having a lot of problems at that time, after they got married, he had drank too much, he had done too much. They went from the church to the reception. It was a beautiful mansion with wonderful people, but I couldn’t find Eddie. I couldn’t find Valerie. So I went looking for them and found them in the bathroom upstairs… Valerie was soothing him. It was certainly understandable. It didn’t impact their marriage. It certainly didn’t dictate the way things might turned out.’ The marriage lasted for almost two decades until their divorce in 2007, but the band was crumbling much sooner than that. There were mountains of cocaine and ever-flowing booze involved, but Van Halen was also led by a flamboyant singer with a fearsome Jekyll and Hyde personality. David Lee Roth in London. (Courtesy of Noel Monk).