Definition for Engine:

• To equip with an engine; -- said especially of steam vessels; as, vessels are often built by one firm and engined by another.

Synonyms for Engine:

• n.

  •
  • dynamo,
  • alpha version,
  • authoring software,
  • application software,
  • generator,
  • application,
  • backup utility,
  • automatic recovery program,
  • autoresponder,
  • address book,
  • beta version,
  • accounting package.
  •
  • berth,
  • cable car,
  • baggage car,
  • car,
  • bogie,
  • buffet,
  • boxcar,
  • caboose,
  • cab,
  • carriage.
  •
  • foul,
  • throttle,
  • rich.
  •artifact (noun)
  • engine.
  •causes (noun)
  • influence,
  • trigger,
  • occasion,
  • culprit,
  • catalyst,
  • impetus,
  • contributor,
  • source,
  • base.
  •contrivance (noun)
  • whatsises.
  •device that drives a machine (noun)
  • apparatus,
  • transformer,
  • putt-putt,
  • fan,
  • piston,
  • pot,
  • weapon,
  • barrel,
  • agent,
  • means,
  • what's under the hood,
  • powerhouse,
  • Horses,
  • power train,
  • diesel,
  • rubber band,
  • cylinder,
  • appliance,
  • mechanism,
  • power plant,
  • implement.
  •engine (noun)
  • locomotive,
  • railway locomotive,
  • locomotive engine.
  •instrument (noun)
  • convenience,
  • utensil,
  • widget,
  • facility,
  • doodad,
  • contraption,
  • device,
  • gadget,
  • utility,
  • equipment,
  • gimcrack,
  • gimmick,
  • gizmo.
  •locomotive (noun)
  • diesels,
  • iron horse.
  •machine (noun)
  • auto mobile,
  • auto mobiles,
  • auto-mobiles,
  • auto-mobile.
  •machinery (noun)
  • out fit,
  • out fits,
  • out-fits,
  • out-fit.
  •tool (noun)
  • whatchamacallit.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • Two-cycle,
  • two-stroke,
  • tractor,
  • horsepower,
  • turbine.
  •
  • flooded,
  • liter,
  • ignition.
  •
  • wheel.
  •
  • drive.
  •Other relevant words:
  • caldron,
  • turboprop,
  • whip,
  • guard,
  • slide rule,
  • gears,
  • scout,
  • mill,
  • ax,
  • screw,
  • differential,
  • Amianthus,
  • Syce,
  • steam engine,
  • monkey,
  • pilot balloon,
  • Air engine,
  • mortar,
  • carter,
  • propjet,
  • calculating machine,
  • organ,
  • rotary engine,
  • aerial ladder,
  • flail,
  • fire department,
  • radial engine,
  • Logometer,
  • flywheel,
  • gin,
  • chauffeur,
  • computer,
  • jet,
  • bucket,
  • fire brigade,
  • agency,
  • gas jet,
  • conductor,
  • trial balloon,
  • cant hook,
  • ion engine,
  • rammer,
  • beam engine,
  • fire hose,
  • aeromotor,
  • cudgel,
  • Drayman,
  • Hackman,
  • outboard motor,
  • pancake engine,
  • crankcase,
  • fixture,
  • fire hydrant,
  • crankshaft,
  • cabman,
  • gearbox,
  • bat,
  • arc-jet engine,
  • ram,
  • calculator,
  • turbojet,
  • Vetturino,
  • Pumper,
  • lathe,
  • stoker,
  • loco,
  • feeler,
  • axial-flow turbojet,
  • cylinder head,
  • waste,
  • anvil,
  • reciprocating engine,
  • enginery,
  • alembic,
  • portable engine,
  • postilion,
  • mall,
  • electronic calculator,
  • fire truck,
  • fire fighter,
  • ramjet engine,
  • donkey engine,
  • transmission,
  • synchronous motor,
  • gas turbine engine,
  • traction engine,
  • vernier engine,
  • mallet,
  • retort,
  • train,
  • battering ram,
  • coachman,
  • driver,
  • heat engine,
  • hammer,
  • mechanical device,
  • crucible,
  • abacus,
  • Tallies,
  • boiler,
  • camshaft,
  • motive power,
  • slipstick,
  • punch,
  • rocket motor,
  • cabdriver,
  • adding machine,
  • sharp,
  • useless,
  • motoring,
  • transducer,
  • tank engine,
  • ramjet,
  • asbestos,
  • bearings,
  • electric motor,
  • Amianth,
  • cash register,
  • melting pot,
  • piston engine,
  • labor in vain,
  • cam,
  • blowing engine,
  • maul,
  • Postboy,
  • Power Source,
  • fireman,
  • rocket engine,
  • engineer,
  • Truckman,
  • connecting rod,
  • piston rod,
  • servomotor,
  • propeller,
  • wagoner,
  • turbojet engine,
  • Condottiere,
  • charioteer,
  • fire engine.

Paraphrases for Engine:

• Forward Entailment

  • Proper noun, singular
    motors, machine, machines.
  • Noun, plural
    motors.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    machine.

• Reverse Entailment

  • Proper noun, singular
    locomotives.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    generator.

• Independent

  • Proper noun, singular
    matters.
  • Noun, plural
    fuels, wheels.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    powerhouse, propulsion, lifeblood, mover, impetus, crankcase, ignition, enabler, motive.
  • Verb, past tense
    Occurred.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    Generating, guiding, stimulating.
  • Verb, past participle
    motorized, motivated, Installed, Got, played.

• Other Related

  • Proper noun, singular
    drivers, settings.
  • Noun, plural
    drivers.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    driver, turbine, cylinder, engineer.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    Drives.

Engine Sentence Examples:

• We got into a third class compartment all to ourselves right at the end of the train, near the engine, and there I sat between the two men, who hardly exchanged a word the whole way, but who sat trying to read newspapers by the bad light.

• Now that the danger was all over, for of course the fire - engine and all those people would save the little brown house, Polly was the last person whom Joel really wanted to see.

Homophones for Engine:

• emission, enigma, e-mycin, enjoin, enchain, encomium, ensign, enzyme.

Hypernym for Engine:

• n.

  • artifact
    Ballista, reaction engine, arbalest, Mangonel, onager, trebuchet, heat engine, catapult, trebucket, auxiliary engine, generator, aircraft engine, battering ram, arbalist, reaction-propulsion engine, automobile engine, bricole, donkey engine.

Hyponym for Engine:

• n.

  • artifact
    motor, instrument.
  • phenomenon
    causal agency, cause, causal agent.

Meronym for Engine:

• n.

  • artifact
    gear, geartrain, gearing, train, camshaft, power train.