Synonyms and antonyms of Engines and describing engines in British Thesaurus

drive (noun)

the power from an engine that turns the wheels of a vehicle

engine (noun)

a machine with moving parts that uses a fuel to produce movement, for example in a road vehicle or aircraft

flooded (adjective)

an engine that is flooded has too much fuel in it and will not start

foul (verb)

to become twisted around part of a machine, engine, vehicle etc so that it cannot move

four-stroke (adjective)

a four-stroke engine works by repeating four different movements

horsepower (noun)

a unit for measuring the power of a vehicle’s engine

litre (noun)

a unit for measuring the size of a vehicle’s engine

rich (adjective)

used for describing the mixture of fuel and air in an engine when there is too much fuel

throttle (noun)

the amount of power that an engine is producing

turbine (noun)

an engine or a machine that uses the pressure of liquid or gas on a wheel to get power

two-cycle (adjective)

American two-stroke

two-stroke (adjective)

a two-stroke engine is one in which the piston moves up and down once each time power is produced

V8 (noun)

a powerful engine with eight cylinders that are arranged in the shape of a ‘V’