wheelEnglishOxford American Thesauruswheel noun 1 a wagon wheel: disk, hoop, ring, circle. 2 a right wheel: turn, rotation, pivot, swivel, gyration. □ behind the wheel (also at the wheel) he was at the wheel of his Mercedes: driving, steering, in the driving seat, in the driver's seat, in charge of.verb 1 she wheeled the cart into the kitchen: push, trundle, roll. 2 a flock of doves rose up into the air, wheeled around, and flew off: turn, turn around, go around, rotate, revolve, circle, orbit.