vehicleEnglishOxford English Thesaurusvehicle noun 1 they were hit by a stolen vehicle: automobile, motor vehicle, motorized vehicle, means of transport, conveyance, machine; informal wheels, heap, crate, jalopy; North American, informal auto; US, informal hooptie. 2 education was a vehicle for the cultural assimilation of colonized peoples: channel, medium, means, means of expression, agency, agent, instrument, mechanism, organ, apparatus, structure, machine, machinery; force, catalyst; route, avenue, course, technique, method, approach.word linksvehicleautomotive relating to vehiclesvehicle Oxford Dictionary of English