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Synonyms for van
væn, vɑnvan

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Princeton's WordNet1.0 / 2 votes

  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

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. vannoun

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

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "van":

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

Nicknames0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of known nicknames for "Van":

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

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#21from
#1496van
#1746fan
#2477truck
#2505train
#6495pickup
#10396caravan
#13796vanguard
#18597forefront
#26631minivan
#49271npv
#109191rva

How to use van in a sentence?

  1. Officer Dan Williams:

    When we arrived on scene, we saw the van starting to catch fire. We saw the husbands come running up to us, told us their families were in the vehicle still.

  2. Justin Bartholomew:

    His brother Daniel would look in the back of the van and see piles and piles of empty energy drink cans. We’d clear them out and the next day there would be more again.

  3. Donta Allen:

    I never see who's in the van, they( police) never tell me somebody else is in the van.

  4. Jim Acosta:

    'It's not just another COVID wave, it's a tsunami,' that is how one expert describes the threat heading for the U.S. as the Delta variant continues to fuel new cases and hospitalizations. And the omicron variant spreads as quickly as any virus since the measles. We are already seeing the impact as long lines for COVID tests are forming across New York City, these people lining up to be tested at a mobile testing van all before the van even arrived.

  5. Jackie Groenen:

    Weve been discussing this for a couple of weeks; that I need to shoot more. The ball came really nicely, so I just thought, Lets do it, i think (midfielder) Danielle Van de Donk is very proud of me, because she told me to take these shots.


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