locomotive
The power unit of a train that pulls the coaches or wagons.
Other meanings
A country which drives the world economy by having a high level of imports, such as the United States.
A traction engine.
Synonyms
- engine
- railway locomotive
A kind of
- self-propelled vehicle
Kinds of locomotive
- diesel locomotive
- iron horse
- pilot engine
- steam locomotive
- switch engine
- tank engine
- traction engine
Related words
- locomotiveman
- locomotive engineer
- locomotive syndrome
- condensing locomotive
- crane locomotive
- diesel locomotive
- electric locomotive
- locomotive shed
- nuclear locomotive
- steam locomotive
- tank locomotive
- tram locomotive
Word history
From Latin "locō".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “locomotive” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.