Synonyms for locomotive
ˌloʊ kəˈmoʊ tɪvlo·co·mo·tive

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:2.6 / 9 votes

1. locomotive

   Synonyms:
   migratory

   Antonyms:
   stationary

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:3.5 / 4 votes

1. locomotive, engine, locomotive engine, railway locomotiveadjective

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

   Synonyms:
   engine, railway locomotive, locomotive engine

2. locomotive, locomotoradjective

   of or relating to locomotion

   Synonyms:
   locomotor

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:3.0 / 1 vote

1. locomotiveadjective

   Synonyms:
   able to move from place to place

2. locomotivenoun

   Synonyms:
   locomotive engine

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1. List of paraphrases for "locomotive":

   locomotives, lokomotiv, engine, powerhouse, tugboat

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1. Mohamed El-Erian:

   I am not a buyer...that this is a crash. I think China has the ability to control a soft landing, but China is no longer a locomotive of global growth, and that has implications for companies and it has implications for commodities markets.

2. Aldous Huxley:

   To us, the moment 8:17 A.M. means something - something very important, if it happens to be the starting time of our daily train. To our ancestors, such an odd eccentric instant was without significance - did not even exist. In inventing the locomotive, Watt and Stevenson were part inventors of time.

3. Russ Quimby:

   This has all the earmarks of a track buckle also, sometimes a locomotive, which is heavier, will make it through.

4. Brandon Bostian:

   Unfortunately, the last memory I have on the way back is approaching and passing the platforms in North Philadelphia, the next thing that I remember is when I came to my senses, I was standing up in the locomotive cab after the accident.

5. Francis M. Faber Jr.:

   A steam locomotive engineer is referred as a 'hogger'; Does this reference have to do with his 'lapping-up' many miles over the silver rails?