Synonyms for transportation
ˌtræns pərˈteɪ ʃəntrans·porta·tion

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1. transportation system, transportation, transitnoun

   a facility consisting of the means and equipment necessary for the movement of passengers or goods

   Synonyms:
   shipping, deportation, transfer, conveyance, expatriation, theodolite, transportation system, transit, exile, transferral, fare, transport, passage

2. transportation, transport, transfer, transferral, conveyancenoun

   the act of moving something from one location to another

   Synonyms:
   exaltation, fare, carry-over, transference, imparting, tape transport, transport, impartation, rapture, transit, deportation, shipping, exile, ecstasy, tape drive, transfer of training, transportation system, conveying, transferee, transfer, conveyancing, conveyance of title, transferral, conveyance, raptus, expatriation

3. fare, transportationnoun

   the sum charged for riding in a public conveyance

   Synonyms:
   shipping, deportation, menu, transfer, conveyance, expatriation, transportation system, transit, exile, transferral, fare, transport

4. Department of Transportation, Transportation, DoTnoun

   the United States federal department that institutes and coordinates national transportation programs; created in 1966

   Synonyms:
   fare, window pane, back breaker, transport, shipping, transit, deportation, pane, exile, loony toons, battery-acid, superman, dose, acid, transportation system, transfer, transferral, conveyance, point, expatriation, dit

5. transportation, shipping, transportnoun

   the commercial enterprise of moving goods and materials

   Synonyms:
   exaltation, fare, tape transport, transport, rapture, transit, deportation, shipping, tape drive, exile, merchant vessels, transportation system, cargo ships, transfer, conveyance, transferral, ecstasy, raptus, expatriation, merchant marine

6. exile, deportation, expatriation, transportationnoun

   the act of expelling a person from their native land

   "men in exile dream of hope"; "his deportation to a penal colony"; "the expatriation of wealthy farmers"; "the sentence was one of transportation for life"

   Synonyms:
   fare, expat, emigration, transport, expatriate, shipping, deportation, exile, transportation system, transferral, transfer, out-migration, deportee, conveyance, transit, expatriation

Matched Categories

1. • Banishment
   • Charge
   • Commercial Enterprise
   • Executive Department
   • Movement

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1. List of paraphrases for "transportation":

   transport, carriage, traffic, transports, transporting, transmission, travel, shipping, conveyance, transit, freight, haulage, transfer, shipment

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How to use transportation in a sentence?

1. Hendrith Smith:

   Transportation at its best facilitates the efficient flow of resources, the efficient movement of people, and the efficient utilization of time. Thats why we do what we do at Mayflower-Plymouth. It’t just about cars and bicycles. Its about efficiency. Its about the improvement of the human experience. And ultimately its about the evolution of our planetary civilization.

2. Dustin Lukasiewicz:

   We were able to deliver some rice, potatoes, and tarps to smaller villages just east of Kathmandu, areas that are more difficult to get to via any sort of ground transportation.

3. Julie Babinard:

   The emerging interest in several countries on women-only initiatives should be seen as an opportunity for improving security in cities but not as a silver bullet for dealing with gender-based violence in transportation and urban settings, women-only initiatives are not likely to provide long-term solutions as they only segregate by gender and provide a short-term remedy instead of addressing more fundamental issues.

4. New York:

   More than virtually anywhere else in the United States, the shared prosperity and continued vitality of the New York/New Jersey region depends on our public transportation infrastructure functioning, and functioning well.

5. Tony Dufays:

   If you want to raise economic development, you would need tenfold the amount of transportation that you have today and that can't be provided by private (means).